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SpikyAube ago

It completely depends on the organisation and the way the coworkers all get on with each other and their managers. I have worked at places where people would joke with each other and stuff over work email and an email like this one would not be out of the ordinary. I've also worked at places where you'd never send an email using work email unless it was strictly work-related. It seems clear that this group of coworkers get on really well and are close, given that one of them is upset and is thanking the others for their support. In jobs where you work a lot and it can get very stressful, the people you're around all the time are your coworkers and it's a situation in which you can develop strong close friendships and a kind of joky camaraderie I think. If you have a manager/managers who are also part of the close knit group and if they take the lead in sending casual emails and making off colour jokes then the rest of the team will normally follow suit.

ZalesMcMuffin ago

My life experience agrees 100% with what SA posted here. I've been in various work situations and yes, there are sometimes ones where off-color jokes are OK. Yes, even about NAMBLA. And yes, we fogeys already knew what NAMBLA was before PG. Welcome to the wacky world of American pop culture!