astah's status on Friday, 07-Dec-12 11:27:41 UTC
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@abigpony not "ha ha" 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 "maternity" 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
