To clarify -- the joke in Vraxx's post is the absurdity of the contrast between the tone of the speaker ("Hahahah!") and the seriousness of the subject matter (

To clarify -- the joke in Vraxx's post is the absurdity of the contrast between the tone of the speaker ("Hahahah!") and the seriousness of the subject matter ("life saving drugs"): no-one would actually make such a statement. The joke in nugget's post is the absurdity of his implication that a cancer patient would find it funnier if the article were a joke; when in fact a cancer patient would be the most offended.