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Re:Alex Trebek has died by mdoms on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:17PM (#25028122)
This is not and has never been the "first rule of comedy". It's only very recently, since the scourge of wokeness, that people have been turning this shitty line. Comedy is comedy. Lots of different kinds of comedy can be funny. Stop trying to make it rigidly fit your world view.
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Re:Alex Trebek has died by darkerside on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:27PM (#25028208)
Yup, first rule of comedy is, it's gotta be funny. That was Ken's actual sin here, and an apology should be all he needs to rectify it.
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Re:Alex Trebek has died by hashkb on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:29PM (#25028223)
Depends on the purity of the laugh you're after. Obviously there are roasts, but if comedy had a score it'd be laughs and cheap shots always split the laughs with groans.
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