Keeley

“The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to violence.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

“There’s also this: When you apologize because you Feel Like You Have To, there’s a pretty good chance that your apology isn’t going to come off as genuine. That’s the thing about acting like a fake-ass bitch: sometimes people happen to notice that you’re being a fake-ass bitch.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

“If we condition our culture to believe that any joke that upsets any person demands a groveling, on-the-floor apology, then we are going to get exactly what we asked for-fewer jokes, less honesty, and a really unforgivingly low fuckup threshold for ourselves.
Also, if what you're looking for from an apology is for people to actually forgive you, then you might be extremely disappointed.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together

“Going through something difficult can be an incredibly isolating experience, but it would be far less so if we could all just talk to one another without the fear of doing it wrong. Candor and comedy really do connect us as humans, and it depresses me to think of how much connection we might be missing out on because people are too afraid to try.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together