‘I’m just going to be silly with this person’: exploring the ethics of humour and irony in Ultimate Frisbee

In this article, I argue for an extension of existing sociocultural conceptualisations of ethics within sport and physical culture through analysing pleasurable ethics within Ultimate Frisbee. Drawing on postmodern theories of humour and irony and Foucauldian ethics, I argue that humour and irony are practices through which many Ultimate Frisbee players embody their preferred ethical athletic self. However, I balance my argument for the ethical possibilities of humour and irony by considering a stark counter example. Subsequently, I conclude by advocating for ongoing consideration of the productive possibilities offered by sociocultural analyses of ethics within sport and physical cultures.