2007-05-02 11:23:12 · 14 answers · asked by Max 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
YES!!! Laughing at someone can definitely hurt their feelings. It's different when you are laughing with someone than laughing AT someone. Just remember how you would feel if you were in that person's shoes, or if someone you cared about was LAUGHED AT. What goes around comes around. Man reaps what he sows. There may be a day when you fall flat on your face and someone or a group of people will laugh at you hysterically. How do you think you would feel?
2007-05-02 11:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by millineumlaura 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Come on. You know the answer to this question. Get real. Of COURSE it is cruel.
How would you feel if someone were laughing at you right now?
2007-05-02 11:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by Alice laughing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are laughing AT someone, because of something they said or did, it is cruel and wrong. If the person does something, funny, or by mistake, and is laughing at themselves, then it is alright to laugh as well, just not that rude laughing and pointing.
2007-05-02 11:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by meg3f 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No way its the best kinda laugh when someone deserves to be laughed at no matter what the situation is...cause i know you will get laughed at down the road. so get it all out at someone elses expense
2007-05-02 11:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Notorious 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you weren't specific about what the situation was. But use this as a guideline: Would you want someone to laugh at you in that situation? How would it make you feel? And that would be your answer.
2007-05-02 11:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by puzzlefanatic2002 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Laughing is a way of expressing joy. However, if it is at the cost of someones feelings getting damaged or for ones entertainment, its better to not openly express these feelings.
2007-05-02 11:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It can be, if you are laughing at them for the wrong reasons.
We can talk about political correctness all we want, but laughing at someone is rude and mean.
We should not laugh at people because of things they do not choose for themselves, such as disabilitiues, differences, race, socioeconomic class, etc, etc.
2007-05-02 11:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Better to laugh with them. Details? We should always be able to take a joke being on us, and if we fell for it, take it in good humour.
Or are you talking about bullying and humiliation?
2007-05-02 11:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if it hurts their feelings. Put yourself in their shoes and ask yourself would you want to be laughed at.
2007-05-02 11:32:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The key to good etiquette is to put yourself in the other persons shoes and treat them as well or sympathetic as you would like to be treated.
2007-05-02 11:30:20 · answer #10 · answered by hopeartaspirer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋