The death of comedy

[Benton]

(07-25-2018, 03:01 AM)treee Wrote: I don't think it's PC culture so much as people with access to speak to the public are increasingly acquiescing the hivemind of the internet. PC culture plays a part in specific circumstances, but I think a lot of it comes down to an overall trend of using pressure en masse on social media and other online platforms to attempt to control the people who have access to public forums.

That's my take on it. When you see 5k shares or 500 comments or 300 retweets or whatever, it looks like a big number. But we've got 325 million people in the US alone. When you hear nothing from 324,995,000 people, I don't think it's as huge a deal as some (often the media) make it out to be.

(07-25-2018, 07:40 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: About 90% of great comedy comes at someone’s expense. However, the someone is usually group based into religion, race, appearance etc. sucks that we can’t laugh at our differences. Laughter is the best medicine.

Agreed.

Good comedy doesn't have to be offensive, but a lot of times it does denote our differences, and a lot of times our reactions to them.