SO MUCH TALK TONIGHT OF SHOCK HUMOR / OFFENSIVE JOKES, THE TARGETS OF COMEDY AND PUNCHING UP / PUNCHING DOWN, SATIRE VS. NOT BEING SERIOUS
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IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN / CAN'T SAY AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN. IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE REALLY AFTER, IF ANYTHING.
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WITH THAT, GOOD NIGHT FRIENDS.
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From a pragmatic PoV, a lot of the benefits of humor come through being uncomfortable at what we or others find funny.
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BUT THAT'S SET-UP PUNCHLINE (AS EVERY JOKE IS GOING AWAY FROM EXPECTATION OR DOUBLING DOWN ON IT), NOT OVERALL VIEWPOINT
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