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What’s so funny?

The role of humorists can be essential to humanity yet in today's society, humorists tend to utilize their humor in order to hurt more than help. Humorists express hidden messages and agendas within their work in order to point out the flaws of our society. By doing this, humorists are able to use their skills of writing, acting, or talking in order to imply an important message subtly that will hopefully lead to improvement in society. However, in our society today, that is not the case. Humorists today, such as comedians, cartoonists, television hosts, and satirical writers, are not using their humor to their best ability, which would include revealing ways for society to improve. Instead, humorists are using their skills for the sole purpose of entertaining, which ultimately leads to offending their audiences. Our society is propelling and promoting the humorists to continue their use of these offensive jokes because we view them as “funny” and we laugh. However with these “funny” jokes revolving around controversial topics, our society is left becoming even more corrupt than it was before. Therefore, if a humorist is not benefiting our society, then why does their title still permit them a safeguard that leaves them free from punishment? Due to this protection, humorists are able to go past the limit of what is considered appropriate and acceptable. Yet society does not acknowledge this because we are so used to these offensive jokes and the stereotypes in society. If humorists were to alter their ways and utilize their abilities for the better, then our society would not be nearly as wicked as it is. 

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  1. Abby RizkMarch 1, 2020 at 10:49 AM

    I like that you noticed that humorists don't use their skills to the best of their ability- which ultimately hurts them more then their audiences (because people get upset with them- not necessarily the jokes themselves). I agree that the audacity of most has gone way over the acceptable level. This was a refreshing read!

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  2. Victoria's_ViewsMarch 1, 2020 at 12:48 PM

    I liked how you addressed the problem we have in our society with the humor of controversial topics. With the internet it seems these jokes are more and more prevalent, it almost seems like a way to cover up the severity of these topics, given that humor is a major way people cope with problems

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