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[Because it’s a little too on the nose?]
Nov. 7th, 2019 07:33 pmThere was a thread about an “unfunny comedian” on Holland America.When you hear some of the things that the comedian said..
Made jokes about days of the week carpets and equating it with dementia.
Insulted audience members(shit,I’ve seen that on HAL ships before. Didn’t bother me but I was not a target, so..)
Humour is subjective was one response
(Exactly.. *points to subject line* There ARE people who have been on cruises with family members who have dementia.It’s a vacation-for lack of a better word-from what they have to deal with a lot of the time. In actuality it’s probably more difficult when you take a family member with dementia on a cruise)
Apparently the comedians on HAL like to make jokes about incontinence. *points to subject line *again** For fuck’s sake-they sell adult diapers in the stores on the ships. Why would that upset people if it weren’t more than a little true. Also why Holland America has a reputation as being an old folks’ cruise line.
Shit, there are comedians on other cruise lines that make jokes about how old HAL passengers are.
To Holland America’s credit,though,they are trying to get rid of that image and REALLY don’t care what some of the diehard,longtime passengers think(meanwhile, the diehards think that complaining frequently will get things done.Actually, no it won’t(see also:spamming the Holland America Facebook page when something they don’t like happens. And on more than one occasion I have seen people suggesting such.)
Made jokes about days of the week carpets and equating it with dementia.
Insulted audience members(shit,I’ve seen that on HAL ships before. Didn’t bother me but I was not a target, so..)
Humour is subjective was one response
(Exactly.. *points to subject line* There ARE people who have been on cruises with family members who have dementia.It’s a vacation-for lack of a better word-from what they have to deal with a lot of the time. In actuality it’s probably more difficult when you take a family member with dementia on a cruise)
Apparently the comedians on HAL like to make jokes about incontinence. *points to subject line *again** For fuck’s sake-they sell adult diapers in the stores on the ships. Why would that upset people if it weren’t more than a little true. Also why Holland America has a reputation as being an old folks’ cruise line.
Shit, there are comedians on other cruise lines that make jokes about how old HAL passengers are.
To Holland America’s credit,though,they are trying to get rid of that image and REALLY don’t care what some of the diehard,longtime passengers think(meanwhile, the diehards think that complaining frequently will get things done.Actually, no it won’t(see also:spamming the Holland America Facebook page when something they don’t like happens. And on more than one occasion I have seen people suggesting such.)
