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[-] roamin_ronin@lemm.ee 129 points 1 year ago

Yeah I’m all for some dark humor, but can we not make this Reddit 2.0 or whatever?

[-] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 1 year ago

Dark humor is humor generated from your own pain.

Edgy humor is humor generated from the pain of others.

The first one is funny, the second is boring and shitty

[-] Gram@lemmy.one 49 points 1 year ago

Eh. I'd say there's exceptions. Maybe more to the point of "Don't Punch Down"?

I can laugh all day at the rich/privileged suffering the consequences of their own mistakes.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I feel that privilege is a concept that should be applied to classes, not individuals. You can't just judge someone as privileged based on one aspect of their life.

The whole "punching up" concept just leads to it being accepted to make misogynistic jokes at white women, ablist and body-shaming jokes at "creepy" men, racist jokes at wealthy Asians, and so on.

Rather, I think the intent behind the joke, and the consequences of the stereotypes it reinforces, is what should be examined rather than the demographic on the receiving end.

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