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An accessible and entertaining treatment of this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM

The gist is that anyone can joke about anything, but jokes from outside an experience tend to be quite boring. Like the American reactionary love of The One Joke[0]. Calling them offensive gives the jokes way too much credit. Nothing they come up with holds a candle to what an actual trans or nonbinary person can think up. Some people think making "offensive" jokes prevents them from being a hack.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/onejoke/



Thx I'll check out out. Fwiw I made myself watch David Chapelle latest special and to your point somewhat,felt it's greatest sin was that it was unfunny - flat jokes,poor timing and delivery,and felt more like his discussion with critics than attempt to entertain.




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