{"id":6740,"date":"2024-05-17T23:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T06:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/say-no-to-being-roasted\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T23:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T06:34:52","slug":"say-no-to-being-roasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/say-no-to-being-roasted\/","title":{"rendered":"Say No to Being Roasted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dude: Roasts are always<\/em> unpleasant.<\/p>\n

They are not<\/em> for the enjoyment of the roasted. Especially<\/em> if they have any sense of shame or emotional fragility.<\/p>\n

I don’t think roasts are fun.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen funny little clips from some, but for the most part a roast is an unpleasant experience.<\/p>\n

Choosing to be roasted? Saying "Yeah. Please make the most hurtful and burning<\/em> jokes about my appearance, my relationships, my children (whether they exist or not), my gender, my sexuality, my genitals, and the tattoos I got when I was barely coping with reality." doesn’t seem great to me. I myself would make a different choice.<\/p>\n

Just say "No, thank you" when someone asks whether you want to be roasted.<\/p>\n

~Harper Kingsley<\/p>\n

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Dude: Roasts are always unpleasant. They are not for the enjoyment of the roasted. Especially if they have any sense of shame or emotional fragility. I don’t think roasts are fun. I’ve seen funny little clips from some, but for the most part a roast is an unpleasant experience. Choosing to be roasted? Saying "Yeah.…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Say No to Being Roasted<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-6740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-1KI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3834,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/made-out-of-meat\/","url_meta":{"origin":6740,"position":0},"title":"Made Out of Meat","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"June 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The flame licked over her first two fingers. 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