Humor is often a wrapper around something. Malign people wrap antisocial stuff in order to get people to eat of it. A joke with nothing inside it is just anno

Humor is often a wrapper around something. Malign people wrap antisocial stuff in order to get people to eat of it. A joke with nothing inside it is just annoying and derailing. See the guy who always interrupts the conversation with a pun. It is possible to wrap decent stuff with humor.