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minus-square jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoPolitical humor; it’s been trash 150 years ago… and it’s still trash.
minus-square chunkystyles ( @chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI think political humor can be good. But more often than not… It’s bad.
minus-square jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI’m hard pressed to think of a good example. They’re either ad hominem, or making fun of a whole demographic, or just sad facts stated as a joke. From: 50 Best Political Jokes As a Russian citizen, I am confused about why it takes America so long to get a definitive result from their election—we know our results months in advance! …like, that is fu… but then you think about it, and it’s no laughing matter.
minus-square sqgl ( @sqgl@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoPredominantly rural cultures tend to not have clever jokes, just dark observations of life made palatable (although this one is clever too). Laughing in the face of death in particular. “Sad facts stated as a joke”. I am totally up for it.
Political humor; it’s been trash 150 years ago… and it’s still trash.
I think political humor can be good. But more often than not… It’s bad.
I’m hard pressed to think of a good example. They’re either ad hominem, or making fun of a whole demographic, or just sad facts stated as a joke.
From: 50 Best Political Jokes
…like, that is fu… but then you think about it, and it’s no laughing matter.
Predominantly rural cultures tend to not have clever jokes, just dark observations of life made palatable (although this one is clever too).
Laughing in the face of death in particular. “Sad facts stated as a joke”. I am totally up for it.