AlaskanAssassin
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Would it have been more ridiculous, and therefore funnier, is the other person in the date were aged 10? Or, is it funny to drug an adult for the purposes or rape, but not a child? Is it that raping the child is so much less outlandish and absurd than raping an adult, so it's not as funny?
I can't explain 100% why some things cross the line, and others don't. I could see myself laughing someone telling me "The only way you could get laid is with a roofie." I could NOT see myself laughing at someone telling me "The only way you could get laid is by molesting a 10 year old." Maybe kids are just off limits with these types of jokes.
Associating anything particular thing as the object of a joke diminishes the threat/horror associated with that thing; from what I can tell, it one of the main reasons we have a sense of humor. While no one joke turns opinions 180 degrees, the cumulative effect over time is significant.
I would think that it would be a very weak-minded person that would allow a long series of roofie-based jokes to have any effect on their feelings towards the acceptance of rape or another sex crime. If I joked with my friend "I'm going to kill you if you are late again!", I think everyone would understand that it's a joke and that I am not diminishing murder. Nor do I think it would have any cumulative effect on anyone hearing it over and over again.