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Overview
There are some fine lines here. If you are unmistakably a member of the group being made fun of, you are less at risk of being perceived as using a put down because you are poking fun at yourself. Making fun of yourself is generally acceptable. For example, at the time of this writing I am 75 years old and no one could doubt that I qualify as a senior citizen. Later on I have a whole section on senior citizen jokes. Even though so-called "ageism" is frowned upon by our society these days, I can get away with telling jokes on us senior citizens. In fact, some of my best jokes are senior citizen jokes.Synopsis
There are some fine lines here. If you are unmistakably a member of the group being made fun of, you are less at risk of being perceived as using a put down because you are poking fun at yourself. Making fun of yourself is generally acceptable. For example, at the time of this writing I am 75 years old and no one could doubt that I qualify as a senior citizen. Later on I have a whole section on senior citizen jokes. Even though so-called "ageism" is frowned upon by our society these days, I can get away with telling jokes on us senior citizens. In fact, some of my best jokes are senior citizen jokes.