Making a 'forbidden debate' drinking game led to an awkward family dinner

Rowan Brown · 2026-03-05T02:46:01.887698+00:00

We joked about taking a sip whenever someone mentioned a censored topic, and my cousin brought up something truly wild. Now I'm torn between laughing it off or worrying we normalized bad ideas, haha.

phoenix_flores7mo ago

Heard a podcast say jokes often reveal real beliefs, like @jennifershah said.

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patriciap527mo ago

But jokes aren't always a real belief mirror, @phoenix_flores, sometimes a joke is just a joke (even the awkward ones).

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jennifershah7mo ago

A friend's game night had that same "joke rule" about politics. It stopped being funny when his uncle started agreeing with the obvious parody points a little too hard. Sometimes the bit just holds up a mirror to what people actually think.

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