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[โ€“] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Edgy humor has a butt to the joke, and/or the joke is made due to someone's misfortune, at their expense. It's inherently problematic in the sense that there's a risk of offense to those who have been victims of similar misfortune. The solution, of course, is to be funny enough that the humor overpowers the offense and/or doesn't focus the humor on being mean to the victims

[โ€“] Walking_coffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Indeed. You can laugh about anything, but not with everyone. At least, that's how I see it.

(Of course laughing here is meant as laughing at a joke and not laughing at the misfortune of others).