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Definitions of hilarious vary greatly. I can enjoy many of them to, but sometimes many posts -not just this one - feel like bashing an entire group of people. I feel like there is no room for a middle ground.

Well of course defintions of hilarious vary - that's the point people are making! If it's not something you'd find funny, why on earth then read it?! The heading is rather a clue as to what it's going to be. If I don't like the look of a post, I don't read it. Middle ground in humour... that doesn't tend to be what works.

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If those comments were made in jest, were also just memes, then so what? They're just jokes.

Take this comparison: I can make a joke about cat people or I can portray them as dumb, irresponsible, annoying and insufferable. I understand your point, but it's a fine line...

If it's funny, then make that joke about cat people. It's only a fine line if you are sensitive to it. I go to a lot of comedy gigs and they do NOT hold back. Going to mind jokes about disabled people? Then don't go and see certain comedians! As a disabled person, I couldn't give a hoot. Sometimes something is just that funny, whether it's harsh or not. You can make a lot of comparisons but the reality is they're still just jokes and really not worth getting that bothered about.

There is a great deal of difference when saying 'they're just jokes' about a list of memes than 'it was just a joke' aimed at an individual that you've just offended personally. One you are choosing to read, the other is inflicted on you.

Which meme do you specifically find offensive? Most of them are jokes about having more money or more sleep, or not being into holding babies. Then there's one making fun of Pope Francis for leading an organization that hides child abusers and ones pointing out how annoying it is to pester others to have kids. Is there one in particular that you think is offensive? Did you even read the posts, or just get mad because it was about childfree people?

Maybe they'd be able to laugh it off and rise above it if there was zero truth in a lot of these memes. The outrage comes across as 'hit a nerve' (yet no doubt that would be denied vociferously). They moan (understandably enough) about how much hard work having children is. How tiring, how expensive. These things are all true but, no, you're not allowed to joke about it in case it upsets parents. Tad precious of them to think they're a group who are untouchable for some reason. Why exactly? Like others have said, no one forced anyone to look at these memes.

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"It was just a joke" - that I have heard before.

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I've never been downvoted this much before, it's starting to get kind of funny, if not grotesque.

Perhaps cause you people always forcing to have kids down everyones throats. Especially Christian hypocrites

I don't remember seeing comments from any of these people offended by this post on the actual memes, so I'm curious about which ones they think are specifically offensive. I also question if he even read it. Every time there's a childfree post, there are people complaining about it. They act like this website never has content about parenting either, even though there was another tweets about parenting recently.

In the US, we have an entire political party who thinks that people, especially women, should have no say in if they have children or when or how many.

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Neither are your experiences, Leaf. And why react so venomously? The strong reactions here feel like hate. They may not be intended so, but it does feel like it