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Buzz cook

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3. Here's the joke

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2018, 06:13 PM

Jul 2018

"I'm doing a big Hollywood film adaptation of The Giving Tree, with a happy ending - the tree grows back and gives the kid a blow job."

Obviously a bad joke but just as obviously a joke, not an endorsement of child rape.

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By the end of the story the "boy" is an adult.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree#Plot_summary

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Disney fires James Gunn from 'Guardians of the Galaxy' after old tweets unearthed by Cernovich [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2018 OP

Gunn was one of the most vocal against the Dump Alt-Orange Jul 2018 #1

For the life of me, I don't understand why men make these kinds of "jokes" TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #2

Here's the joke Buzz cook Jul 2018 #3

Have you read some of the other tweets? metalbot Jul 2018 #4

They apparently didn't mind it when they hired him Docreed2003 Jul 2018 #6

I think the bigger issue here is why he'd tweet these kind of things to begin with ansible Jul 2018 #12

Again, I'm not trying to take up for the guy Docreed2003 Jul 2018 #13

I've known middle school boys who had more class and better judgement TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #18

Holy hand grenades ! Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #8

Family Guy and South Park do worse Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2018 #11

This...agree a hundred percent Docreed2003 Jul 2018 #14

Please provide examples TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #19

Here you go. Lib4lif3 Jul 2018 #22

Pretty gross TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #23

The old guy with a walker is a pedophile. tammywammy Jul 2018 #26

One of the neighbors (Herbert) is a creepy pedophile. John Fante Jul 2018 #29

I think Family Guy is funny. Cold War Spook Jul 2018 #25

No I have not. You should post them Buzz cook Jul 2018 #20

See post 12 metalbot Jul 2018 #24

OMG boy-tree love! LiberalLovinLug Jul 2018 #5

At the end of that book Bettie Jul 2018 #10

Despicable move by Disney Devil Child Jul 2018 #7

Cernovich is the bottom inch Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #9

"Despicable move by Disney" LudwigPastorius Jul 2018 #15

Problem is, they knew and dealt with six years ago. haele Jul 2018 #16

Do we acquiesce? LudwigPastorius Jul 2018 #17

What a guy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 #21

Yep JackInGreen Jul 2018 #27

I just stopped in to read posts defending Cernovich tenderfoot Jul 2018 #28