• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Call me insensitive, but as someone who experienced 9/11 as an adult, being able to enjoy actual funny jokes that reference the attack is kind of refreshing, especially jokes created by the generation born after it happened.

    I have nothing concrete to base this on, but my observation is this:

    • A 9/11 joke written by someone who lived through it is more likely to be about 9/11

    • a 9/11 joke written by someone born after it happened is more likely to use 9/11 to punctuate a joke about something else

    Either way, I find the latter group funnier.

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      7 days ago

      Ashley Gavin has a stand up special where she does some 9/11 jokes and they’re pretty good. I think she does a good job of it, but she wasn’t an adult when it happened so I think that changes her perspective.

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      9 days ago

      It’s a good thing. Humor helps us deal with things, and it’s a good sign you’ve processed an event if you can joke about it.

      You might be spot on with those observations. Never thought of that.

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      9 days ago

      I thought everyone knew you couldn’t fall in love until you had collapsed in lust, or at least stumbled in physical attraction.

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        9 days ago

        I would never normally associate anything positive with the word collapse and I gotta say that I kind of see what you mean, but I’m still not convinced it’s clear wording