• pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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      Many of the funniest comedians are deeply in touch with their empathy - George Carlin, Robin Williams, Bo Burham, Bill Burr has had a famous turn from grievance comic to empathetic philosopher comic and it’s improved his popularity and humour. Meanwhile many of the crappiest ones - Joe Rogan, Andrew Dice Clay, Ellen Degeneres - lack empathy in their lives and performances. Having empathy doesn’t mean you can’t be fun or funny, often the opposite.

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        Peppa pig isn’t real. This isn’t a situation that could ever happen

        Can you suspend your disbelief so hard that a doctor turns your child into processed meat because of a misunderstanding?

        If I try, I don’t know how to empathize with the situation except to be angry at the doctor, or the fact that a hospital offers that service at all. It’s an absurd premise

        This isn’t a joke about a mother’s pain. It’s a comic about wordplay, and the disturbing implications of “our world but everyone is pigs”

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          17 hours ago

          Its not real so empathy is irrelevant?

          Its not a joke about wordplay because if you take away the dark humour context - the loss, the reaction of the mother - it’s got nothing other than ‘lol a word has two meanings’.

          If the mum was cut out of the last panel - then yep you could pass it off as absurdist humour, but as it is I don’t think thats fair, an easy out - the humour relies on her reaction. I appreciate you engaging as I thought it was an interesting conversation, but most have really taken it to heart it and attacked me for finding a comic distasteful. Counter opinions are very unwelcome here like most comms on Lemmy. My last reply about it but I did want to thank you if but to disagree politely. 👌

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        If you can’t see Bill Burr wheezing with laughter showing his daughter this meme I don’t know what to tell you