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What is with this "dark humor bad" cliche? Since when is dark humor synonymous with racism/sexism/etc-ism?
To me dark humor has always been something more akin to self deprecating jokes, punchlines like "but doctor, I am Pagliacci", or making light of the futility of life.
Racist jokes are racist jokes. That doesn't make them dark humor.
notice in the meme that "dark humor" is in quotes. racist jokes ARE racist jokes, but racists try to call racist jokes "dark humor," which is both false and giving actual dark humor a bad name
Assholes like to cry dark humor when they're being confronted for bullying people. Now, people get confused.
There are a lot of shitty people (republicans and racists ime, but that venn diagram is basically a circle) that hide their shitty opinions behind "jokes" that aren't jokes until someone calls them on their shit. That's why you'll hear them say inflammatory things then back off the "it's just a joke, calm down" and/or try to give you shit about not being able to handle edgy/dark humor. Think the "comedy is legal" crowd.
See, that doesn't matter. The "dark humor" aspect is irrelevant, it's just another excuse to hide behind.
You have to remember,words don't mean anything to these people, they're just a rhetorical trick to win the argument.
Aka "Shrodinger's Asshole"
I think there is a difference between racial jokes and racist jokes. I also think either can be considered dark humor. One is just typically cringe.
On places like 9gag any old straightforward racism / sexism / genderism etc is always tagged as dark humour.
It’s mainly asocial little boys who want to be edgy and controversial but are too scared to just straight up admit they have no social exposure to people different to themselves; and are terrified of everything that is.