F* everything about this. This was on the message board of a church I walked past today. I am very insulted.

hispurplemajesty · 2012-06-17T02:45:31+00:00

terrible kerning.

billywms · 2012-06-17T02:57:58+00:00

I remember years back, when i went to church on father's day, the priest used it as an opportunity to talk about how great moms are(behind every great man is an etc...) and made a joke about dads being buffoons. On mother's day however, no mention of dads whatsoever. Just talk about how awesome moms are. So i know how you feel.

geodebug · 2012-06-17T02:15:14+00:00

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Mitschu · 2012-06-17T04:53:06+00:00

I'm more offended by the number of people commenting on this with "Oh geez it's a joke don't get offended." than the actual message.

That being said, the actual message offends me pretty damn badly, to begin with.

You wanna hear a joke? We gave women the right to vote. badumtish Oh, haha, so funny because it's a joke, lighten up, people. Jeez, you get offended at everything.

See what I did thar?

kragmoor · 2012-06-17T03:57:43+00:00

well yeah man, we gotta pander to them womens or they might notice what the bible says about them

NewAlt · 2012-06-17T04:02:03+00:00

I know. That's not what "anymore" means. They clearly mean "any more" which are completely different words. I'm fine with them teaching their lies to their kids but when they post public signs that's where I draw the line.

emdx · 2012-06-17T03:48:09+00:00

Yes, anyone who does such horrenduous kerning should be shot on the spot!

Ditario · 2012-06-17T07:08:18+00:00

I remember this one time when I was like 9 and some kid said the word "retarded" and some girls that were in middle school shit bricks because they said it was offensive to say the word retarded.

I feel like I'm 9 all over again with this.

brerrabbitt · 2012-06-17T14:25:48+00:00

Considering my son was legaly abandoned by his mother and in my custody, he would get a laugh out of this.

Joonyer24 · 2012-06-17T05:14:19+00:00

I am not usually offended by jokes of this nature. With that being said, I find this just inappropriate because of it being father's day weekend. If the father you are celebrating finds this funny then by all means get him to laugh. But in a society with a ton of divorced families, perhaps we can keep this as an inside joke and not post something in a public place.

hardwarequestions · 2012-06-17T00:36:15+00:00

you should have gone inside and complained.

atx67 · 2012-06-17T16:14:55+00:00

mom, if you were anymore perfect you'd be a dad. happy mother's day. I'm pretty sure if that was on the card she would be insulted.

oboedude · 2012-06-17T03:52:54+00:00

I feel this subreddit is slowly turning into some form of /r/atheism ....

ITryToThink · 2012-06-17T03:53:53+00:00

The implications...they burn...

PurpleZoombini · 2012-06-17T10:00:10+00:00

Well to offset this I saw this advert for the first time yesterday. It shows the father in a very positive role and pretty much ignores the mother except for the first and last scene.

Also what I got from this is that if men were anymore perfect they would be able to create life themselves aka be a "male mom". I don't think anyone else did and some may still find that offensive.

TerriChris · 2012-06-17T13:18:11+00:00

During my wife's divorce, I invited her to Divorce Recovery at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, IL to help stop a stupid divorce - she was "unhappy" after one year of marriage.

Willow's church leadership instead supported her lame expensive decision, then made her a divorce team leader.

I began to hear the sermons from a different perspective. I began to hear a common theme of man bad and woman heroic victim woven into the messages, something I had not heard before my experience.

I need not say, I found another church.

Arxl · 2012-06-17T02:36:16+00:00

That is disgusting.

Unenjoyed · 2012-06-17T05:34:17+00:00

It's a back handed compliment, at best. Perhaps your church as a hint of misandry?

wolfie1010 · 2012-06-17T12:54:50+00:00

Churches are the wrong place to try and find truth.

Megabobster · 2012-06-17T09:58:59+00:00

When reading it, I saw "anymore" and my brain went into sad mode. Then I was confused. Then I was pissed off.

picopallasi · 2012-06-17T11:46:46+00:00

This person's mom is so perfect she didn't teach him/her that it's any more - two words, not one. Seriously though, eh. This is just typical fluff, nothing to get too worked up about.

2012-06-17T12:49:48+00:00

"Fuck". There, I said it.

vadergeek · 2012-06-18T13:24:09+00:00

I think that the "anymore" is misused.

MartialWay · 2012-06-19T19:52:33+00:00

Dalrock has an excellent blog on how misandry and feminism are undermining many Christian Churches. Great reading even if you're not a Christian (I'm not).

b3d0u1n · 2012-06-17T15:33:32+00:00

With 566 upvotes I was expecting something really outrageous. Instead I got something a secretary probably copied out of a Hallmark card.

iLoginToComment · 2012-06-17T03:29:51+00:00

You take life too seriously. r/howtonotgiveafuck

jkchrvt · 2012-06-17T03:31:51+00:00

I think you guys need to calm the fuck down.

thetheist · 2012-06-17T07:46:56+00:00

There are a few typos in that message, which is why it doesn't make sense. Looking at the grammatical errors, there is no way that the person who wrote that message is over seven years old. The truth is that the kid's father is dead. Here, I've cleaned it up a little.

"Dad, if you were here anymore, perfect. You'd be with Mom."

LAMFF · 2012-06-17T12:36:50+00:00

Why don't you deface it with the curt message "fuck this sexist bullshit!" That would get their attention.

AliceA · 2012-06-17T14:59:48+00:00

As a woman I am also offended at this remark and cannot believe how the father is marginalizd in our media.

Funcuz · 2012-06-17T18:34:19+00:00

You know when you do something kinda stupid and somebody brings it up for a laugh at some family gathering or whatever ?
So , you let them tell it and you laugh right along with it . Then , a few days later , they bring it up again . You smile . Then a little later in the week they bring it up yet again , get the fingers pointing at you , and har , har , har ... But you don't even crack a smile anymore . It's just not funny after the third or fourth retelling .

Now , by the time you get to the tenth or eleventh recounting , you're pretty sure that you're being openly mocked . You know what will happen if you say something though : Some a$$hole will come along and tell you not to be so sensitive or they'll accuse you of over-reacting . Of course , if you say nothing at all , you start to feel like a real sucker and a pushover .
Eventually , you just get blow up one day . Everybody accuses you of going way too far but , of course , they haven't been the ones in the hot seat all that time .

Now , here's the thing with this 'joke' ... I've been listening to it in one form or another for over thirty years now . At what point do YOU decide that you've had enough of it ? There's no balance after all . It's not like anybody publishes articles about stupid mothers , or enshrines it in law that all men are idiots . Where do you think they get ideas like that in the first place ? Maybe it's the perpetual bombardment with that message ?

So yeah , it's not just a joke anymore . It was a joke the first thousand times I heard it . After that it was just a put-down . Am I over-reacting ? I dunno ... how many times can I call you an idiot before you get a little defensive ?

genuinemra · 2012-06-17T00:47:04+00:00

It would provide an excellent opportunity for MR activism if you were willing to share the name and address of the church.

NemosHero · 2012-06-17T02:58:03+00:00

looks like a stupid joke, simmer down guys

UnoriginalMike · 2012-06-17T03:22:58+00:00

Wow, lots of pretty angry anti-Christian comments. Is that what this sub is full of?

Rockytriton · 2012-06-17T04:19:26+00:00

oh jeez it's a fucking joke.

Pupikal · 2012-06-17T04:49:44+00:00

Wow. Calm down.

MyBodyBlack · 2012-06-17T05:02:30+00:00

If you are insulted by that, you are a pussy.

thefran · 2012-06-17T06:07:06+00:00

That's normal. Children generally love their mothers more than their fathers.

doneddat · 2012-06-17T16:58:47+00:00

So great dads are like mums, and shitty mums are like dads?

That's the way to bridge the gender gap!

ravennrapture · 2012-06-17T05:07:45+00:00

Wow guys this is not that offensive, I mean its clearly being sarcastic how could a father ever be a mother (I'm sure there is a way but that's not relevant to the joke and you know it). If we can't take a little joke, that is pretty obviously not intended to offend any fathers, then we end up looking like a joke. No wonder the other sub-reddits laugh at us, if we act like this I don't blame them.

arstin · 2012-06-17T03:41:01+00:00

Anytime something like this comes up I check the constitution to see which comes first - freedom of speech or freedom of not being incidentally insulted.

ignatiusloyola · 2012-06-17T04:41:50+00:00

Oh shut the hell up you fucking pussy. I hope to god that anyone in the mens right "movement' is nothing like you because this is nothing to get your panties in a bunch you weak fucking loser. A boy who never got his way with women so you have to take every joy away from them just like they did to us for revenge. Jesus Christ go eat a steak or kill yourself. You are make the human race weaker.

olioster · 2012-06-17T14:22:20+00:00

Isn't this paraphrased from the Mrs. Doubtfire movie?

NineTails21 · 2012-06-17T17:21:49+00:00

Are you actually getting offended by a light-hearted joke, from a church which isn't even tied to Feminism? Seriously?

manhater · 2012-06-17T22:41:09+00:00

It's very easy to detect sexism when you do simple role reversal. How many would stand for the same sign on mother's day with the roles reversed? "mom, if you were anymore perfect you'd be dad. happy mother's day." I mean seriously, women and men would both be up in arms.

ThePigman · 2012-06-17T02:45:45+00:00

Looks like someone learned spelling and punctuation from their mother.

kupfernikel · 2012-06-17T14:48:10+00:00

It is just a joke, but it implies that mothers are better then fathers. Just stating the obvious that some people seem to not notice.

Digi2112 · 2012-06-17T15:07:35+00:00

Maybe if Christianity would include a feminine side to the Creator, women wouldn't feel so inferior. No goddess just some god. Makes me wonder.....

Wannabkate · 2012-06-17T07:26:26+00:00

As a MtF and someone with a sense of humor, I approve.

lolwut314 · 2012-06-17T11:23:13+00:00

It's a joke... You're basically the male equivalent of "kyle's mom" from south park. Stop taking things so seriously, you're ability to be offended by something so minuscule speaks volumes of you as a person.

Vivalayeo · 2012-06-17T08:11:52+00:00

It's a bloody joke. Jesus do we have to be completely serious about everything?

Domsuyang · 2012-06-17T13:50:57+00:00

Chill out dude. Its so trivial and intended as a joke.

schlaubi · 2012-06-17T09:55:01+00:00

You're a poor petty man...

Title	F* everything about this. This was on the message board of a church I walked past today. I am very insulted.
Author	ignatiusloyola
Upvotes	757
Comments	200
Date	June 17, 2012 12:28 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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