> empirically it seems that communities where that sort of joking is popular are at risk of having it take over until there is nothing but low-effort cookie-cut

> empirically it seems that communities where that sort of joking is popular are at risk of having it take over until there is nothing but low-effort cookie-cutter jokes. That also seems to be true of memes, trolling, and political propagandizing. Any forum where these things are allowed quickly becomes nothing but these things.