• snooggums@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    Context and delivery is important though, because there is a difference between making fun of something and using humor to degrade others. For example, a generic shock humor joke about dead babies is different than a specific person’s dead baby that died in a tragic accident.

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      3 months ago

      For example, a generic shock humor joke about dead babies is different than a specific person’s dead baby that died in a tragic accident.

      But…which is the funnier one?

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        3 months ago

        The generic shock humor can be funny, the tragedy shouldn’t be.

        generic shock humor joke

        How you get dead babies out of a 55 gallon drum?

        A pitchfork.

        a specific person’s dead baby that died in a tragic accident

        “A dingo ate my baby!” jokes mocking a mother whose baby was eaten by a dingo.