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MTLabrador
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A very dark sense of humor is necessary for some jobs.
Elaborate. mtmuley
MTLabrador
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Most people develop a very dark sense of humor when their job involves dealing with the bad side of people every day. People in law enforcement and medicine for example.
And that's a good thing? mtmuley
MTLabrador
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For us it is. Laughing about meth heads playing with shiny rocks is pretty light hearted compared to what you might hear us talking about when drinking a beer.
Glad you guys laugh it up. Having it be an issue with a family member might change shit for you. Keep smiling. mtmuley
MTLabrador
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I wouldn’t say laugh it up, and it probably would. Wishing you the best with that, it has to be incredibly difficult.
The issue is over. Doesn't end well usually. Gives me a good perspective on the problem. I didn't laugh once. Thanks for the concern though. mtmuley
Oh come on. Really? You’re making some broad assumtive leaps here that aren’t fair. You should go sit down with a cop or an EMT, or a nurse and you might see your take isn’t quite accurate.
For example, good friend of mine WAS a firefighter/paramedic. Did it for a few years. Saw some horrific shit. Never developed the ability to disconnect what he saw at work from his family. Couldn’t deal with the dark humor because of that. He’s in a different field now.
It’s as much a survival mechanism as anything. Without it, you’d be without a lot of professionals.
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Gallows humor. Like telling guys to buy seven Mt mule deer doe tags when they come to hunt.
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BackofBeyond
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Ya! Think of the poor defenseless catalytic converters!
In fairness, I’ve never lost a family member to meth. I have to alcoholism and eventually suicide, but in reality they aren’t the same.
Dark humor likely appears very callous to an outside observer. @mtmuley I will collectively apologize for all of us. I know it’s completely counterintuitive one can have compassion and empathy, yet joke about it as well. There are a myriad of professions that survive via this humor. I’m sorry it hit a nerve and I’m certainly sorry for your loss.
Dark humor likely appears very callous to an outside observer. @mtmuley I will collectively apologize for all of us. I know it’s completely counterintuitive one can have compassion and empathy, yet joke about it as well. There are a myriad of professions that survive via this humor. I’m sorry it hit a nerve and I’m certainly sorry for your loss.
MTLabrador
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Yep. Sorry mtmuley, I meant what I said about wishing you and your family the best.
