The only place I can realistically see ill-natured joking being accepted is in a school. The social hierarchy in schools is often based on it, in fact.
But in the real world, I agree with you.
(What does that say about our education system? Sigh.)
(Actually, it probably says more about slowing rates of maturity and development in the general population. I still blame the education system, though. =P)
I agree there's probably a lot of blame to bare on the education system. Packing 700+ students into a school with barely 30 adults (including janitors) isn't a realistic representation of society. There's barely 1 child per adult in the western world, but our education system gives 30 or more children to a single adult that hasn't even had a child of their own.
How can you expect to raise 30 kids when you haven't even raised 1. It's ludicrous.
But in the real world, I agree with you. (What does that say about our education system? Sigh.) (Actually, it probably says more about slowing rates of maturity and development in the general population. I still blame the education system, though. =P)