{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"astah's status on Friday, 07-Dec-12 11:27:41 UTC","author_name":"astah","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/astah","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/2155450","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/9434\" class=\"url\" title=\"Jim Kuback\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">abigpony<\/span><\/a><\/span> not &quot;ha ha&quot; funny. more of the non-sequiteur, stupid, style joke.  Absurdist humor, such as the idea of a man getting pregnant, is meant to be superficial humor.  Not to be taken seriously, but more as a means to lighten the mood and provide an avenue through which the class will open up to the substitute teacher and, as a result, be more responsive and engaged.  It was a pedagogical tactic.  What made me sad was that a 15 year old student didn't know what &quot;maternity&quot; meant.  That is truly disturbing.  And of course it isn't a funny joke... it's a suuuuuuuper lame joke.  The same way hipsters are fashionable by consciously attempting to be unfashionable"}