Ever cracked a mama joke? Goes something like this: Your Mama so fat that her ass is in a different zip code. This is a very common way of joking among friends or taunting someone, but only in the US. In India mama jokes are considered very rude and quite insulting to the point that fights can break out.
The first time I got introduced to Mama Jokes was in my first year in the States. I was a freshman living in the dorms sharing a room with an American kid named Mark (name changed). One day I came back from work and saw a pic of a naked woman stuck to my door and on it said, "Marks Mom". I was furious and scared too. I didn’t know if Mark had gotten into a fight and someone was getting back at him or someone was playing a crude joke. I figured it was better he doesn’t see it, so I took it down. When Mark got in I showed him the pic and not knowing how he would react, I was trying to calm him down by saying that we should go to the proper authorities or that he should just let it go and it is not worth fighting and so on. He had a weird look on his face and he say, "I saw that pic earlier. I left it on there because I thought it was cool." I was in shock for a second. Did I miss something? Didn't take me too long to realize that this is a version of "Your Mama" jokes.
Now I do mama jokes a lot. Especially, with some of my friends. When someone cracks a mama joke on you, the key is to not take it seriously and start thinking about how to get back with a better one. Sometimes they really do get nasty and then you gotta stop your self. Mama Jokes are also used as a competition to see who wins the rap battle or a ghetto debate.
I really don't know how I adopted to this concept. I love my mom just as much as I did when I was in India. Maybe even more. I wonder what the threshold is for a person till he/she can't take it anyone and snaps breaking the other persons jaw.
Bottom Line: Mama Jokes......Good or Bad?
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