It's obviously a metaphor for racist jokes, and the message is you should never tell a racist joke. But that's a horribl
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MikeHunt153 — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 09:03 PM)
It's obviously a metaphor for racist jokes, and the message is you should never tell a racist joke. But that's a horrible message. You should joke about whatever you want, especially if you're a comedian. Some of the best humor is dark and offensive. If you don't tell jokes that could offend someone, there aren't many jokes you could tell. The world is too sensitive.
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flowerchild-15037 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 04:35 PM)
I don't think it was a metaphor for racism. I think it was more of a metaphor for bullying.
Because at the end of the episode, Spongebob did crack one joke about the squirrel and the light bulb, which Sandy just smiled at and the crowd laughed. But then he started to make fun of fish, crabs, and starfish calling them stupid as well. Because then Spongebob made it so the audience wouldn't only focus their attention on Sandy and they could learn to laugh at themselves. -
VirtualSide — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 02:21 PM)
The problem was that Sandy was being made fun of in the grocery store and other public places because of SpongeBob's jokes. I don't think she would have had a problem with him making those jokes had people not made fun of her in public, because she knew SpongeBob himself wasn't doing it to make fun of her, but because his audience liked the jokes.