• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    The difference is dark humor. Maybe it’s not for you, and it’s not really for me, but surely you can recognize the humor and irony in it if you take a moment. It’s kind of like Ashton Kutcher’s “punk’d,” but even less tasteful. Similar “edgy” content with a different theme would be something like llamas with hats, which jokes about murder (including nuclear bombs) and sociopathy, with graphic, hand drawn images. It’s very dark, but there’s absolutely humor there.

    The important thing is to recognize it for what it is (dark humor) and not affix any additional meaning to it. Gamers are notoriously toxic and edgy, but that doesn’t mean they believe the nonsense they spew.

    Nazis legitimately support ethnic cleansing and authoritarian control in government, and will support any measure that benefits the government and the majority over minorities. I don’t see any of that in PewDiePie, just tasteless jokes with very edgy themes.