地獄梗 hellish gag

"I used to be the kind of person who could laugh at hellish gag without hesitation. I thought they were harmless because they didn't seem real or didn't hit close to home.

However, everything changed after I was harshly criticized recently. I've lost the nerve to laugh at such humor. It got me thinking about the appropriateness of my past actions.

A friend's advice struck a chord with me: 'Making fun of others' misfortunes is really in bad taste.' It made me question whether my behavior might be seen as disregarding tragedies or vulnerable groups. Maybe it's not right! It suddenly dawned on me that my behavior might be considered morally questionable, which could lead to alienating friends.

My friend said, 'You should distance yourself from people who can still find humor in hellish gag. It might indicate that they're apathetic to tragedy or have a low moral compass. Otherwise, they may have consumed too much mindless entertainment, leading to a loss of judgment. It's risky to be friends with someone who's lost their sense of judgment.'

Hearing those words, I was quite taken aback because I was the very person they were describing, someone who used to laugh at hellish gag.

So, surprisingly, the person I needed to distance myself from turned out to be me!"

我以前也是聽地獄笑話，會笑的人
因為我覺得，那不是真的，或是事情離我很遠，應該沒關係吧

不過，最近我被狠狠罵過一次之後
就不敢了。

我開始思考，我以前的作為，是不是有不妥的地方。

「拿別人的不幸當笑話，這樣的人真的很糟糕。」來自朋友的告誡讓我反思，我這樣的作為，是不是會被視為忽視悲劇、忽視弱勢團體？

或許這樣是不對的！

我突然察覺到，我這樣的行為不太妥。可能會被視為道德低下，被朋友遠離。

我朋友對我說：「聽到地獄笑話還會笑的人，你一定要遠離他。因為這可能代表他看到悲劇卻無感，或是道德底線特別低。」

「要不然就是看了太多無腦的綜藝節目，以至於失去判斷力了。不要和失去判斷力的人交朋友，很危險。」

聽到這樣的話，我其實很詫異。

因為我就是他口中那個聽到地獄梗會笑的人！

所以我要遠離的人

竟然是我自己！

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