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I don't know if you're referencing anything specific, but comedians being edgy has never been an issue. Comedians being edgy to cover for their lack of humor is

• xaqfox 9y ago
  Top comedians seem to disagree with your absolute assertion. https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/10/living/seinfeld-comedy-colleges-feat/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/10/living/seinfeld-comedy-colleg... Also, I seemed to have missed that vote that granted you the role of humor police, judging all that is and is not funny.
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  • croon 9y ago
    The point of an algorithm is it can work regardless of what values you put into it (my opinion or someone elses). It's entirely possible that I don't have a good/common/high brow/low brow/whatever sense of humor (though I obviously think I have a great one), but the entire point I was making was: Am I as a comedian approaching this subject in the service of my joke/keen insight, or am I doing it for shock value/to be "edgy"? I guess the audience can never truly know, but that doesn't change the fact that it is often varying degrees of obvious.
    • blowski 9y ago
      That sounds like how a developer would approach comedy.