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Independent of whatever trojan-horse message you want to read into it, the humor clearly comes from saying something shocking and offensive: that children could
by jessriedel 11y ago
Independent of whatever trojan-horse message you want to read into it, the humor clearly comes from saying something shocking and offensive: that children could be sexually attractive in some circumstance. This is obviously much more shocking and offensive than someone being fat and ugly or Jay Leno's jokes about Monica Lewinsky. There are lots of other places where we might "push the bounds of empathy", e.g., "What would it be like to be an ant? Should they be angry we step on them all the time?". But that wouldn't be shocking and offensive, and consequently it's not nearly as funny.
I encourage everyone to watch the bit and see where you think the humor comes from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjrWF-RRlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjrWF-RRlg
It's funny, but it's not deep or intellectual.
- llamataboot 11y ago> Independent of whatever trojan-horse message you want to read into it Well, someone wasn't an English major! Didn't know their was anything dastardly about trying to parse the context of any particular text. Like I said, we disagree about what he is doing in that bit.
- jessriedel 11y agoYes, I understand we disagree. That's why I was explaining why your interpretation didn't seem to square with the things people do and don't find funny.