The Angriest Rice Cooker Director’s Cut 29–On Insults
This one started as just an idea for an insult, and I just shoehorned it into a Angriest Rice Cooker. “Douche” is an inherently funny word, and I’ve liked “twice” by itself as a punchline since this old joke:
You’re stuck in a room with a lion, an alligator, and a lawyer. You have a gun, but only two bullets. What do you do?
Shoot the lawyer. Twice.
So I mixed the two with a little hint about lexical ambiguity and had a comic.
I’ve also heard some interesting discussion about “douche” as an insult. I’ve heard complaints that using it as an insult is somewhat derogatory towards women, since it associates a feminine hygiene product with badness. But my friends and I decided that it’s actually good. Doucheing is an unhealthy practice created out of a belief that the female genitalia is disgusting. I happen to disagree rather firmly with the assertion that female genitalia is disgusting, and feel like products that are harmful to women are bad things. I think that the kind of person I would refer to as a “douche” represents exactly the same kind of dumbness as a douche does.
Plus, it’s just a really funny word. Say it a couple of times. Douche douche douche.
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