Sense(less) of humor

So I started this other blog recently. You remember, the one I told you about while ago. Bad Parking? Yeah that one. Well I sort of started it as a fun thing because I think bad parking is funny. Yes it can be aggrevating when you're in a full lot and one car is rudely taking up two parking spaces. But really, for the most part, it entertains me. And I thought it would be fun to have others laugh with me. And even more fun if they would submit their own funny examples of bad parking and we could all laugh together. Ha ha. Ho ho.

Well holy shit, I didn't realize people would be so ANGRY about this topic. Not only do I have people sending me photos accompanied with very colorful descriptions (usually about the drivers of the poorly parked vehicles), I've also gotten some emails and comments from people who don't like the fact that we're even laughing at this.

Maybe I was just naïve to think that everyone would want to lightheartedly laugh at this with me, but wow, some people are pissed! So I'm wondering if I should be more sensitive. Maybe I should just post photos and refrain from commenting or including the submitter's comments. Let people think what they want, be it good or bad. But no, even then, someone would still get pissed and send mean emails. Is it really that un-funny? Can we really not just laugh at silly things in life?

I guess what I'm saying is, why can't it just be fun?

Comments

[ED]

It is just fun.

Although most of the time I am pissed that the person who parked poorly can't just learn to drive. I would recommend telling the people that send angry mail to just "pound sand". Whatever that means. I think it is some weird Wisconsin thing that means to Eff off.

[rob]

It can still be fun, so long as you can continue to laugh when people get all worked up over nothing. Someone actually took the time to write you a mean email about posting pictures of bad parking? Why?

Ditch the sensitivity on this one and double the posts...

[willikat]

agreed. laugh at people w ho don't have enough hobbies that they send hate mail. that's fun too. imagine they have 100 cats and tinfoil hats and thrive on daytime tv.

[Jess]

Seriously. Hate mail over bad parking? What the hell? I could see people being pissed about wreckless driving. Like having a semi come barrelling out of a parking lot without even slowing down whilst pulling out in front of you and your car full of children and giving you very little time to slam on the brakes so you don't rear-end the semi or something. (And that's is really something to be pissed about...I've had it happen.) But getting pissed over a site that posts people's parking faux pas? Really, people need to seriously step away from the keyboard and exercise something other than their fingers (like from the parking space to the store).

[daisies]

it is fun ... i always giggle at the photos ... honestly, i never saw it as a controversal subject. people are weird.

[nanette]

The people who are getting mad are probably bad parkers themselves. Heh, heh.

[Babs]

great now I have another reason to always have my camera with me!

[MrsTwink]

People were getting angry? LAME! It amazes me that people who are so grotesquely offended by content on the web STILL READ IT.

I thought your site was brilliant! And hilarious!