We can laugh at ourselves and have fun, or get miffed and upset and complain about it.
Yeah, I'd agree with this.
Honestly I've seen plenty of trans jokes that were, frankly, hilarious (to me anyway). Same with autism jokes (and holy heck have I seen so many of those... if you like jokes about autism, the internet has you covered). Sometimes a joke is just a joke. And sometimes jokes are just darned funny. Or I'm just easily entertained, there's that possibility. Granted sometimes there are jokes that are not truly jokes and are malicious, but I feel like that happens less often than some people want everyone to think. Not EVERYONE is a bully, after all. (that being said, always be careful of your audience. Someone currently struggling badly with such a subject really aint the right audience for it...)
Most of the overblown "uproar" of the sort you may be thinking of is just... well, the source is often Twitter (and the rest of social media). And of course, Twitter (or whatever) users just blindly following their favorite irritation- er, I mean, influencer.
Frankly I tend to think that some of the ones (not all) who act oh-so-outraged on there dont ACTUALLY care, they merely pretend to. Gotta get them likes (particularly if likes lead to things like video views and thus ad revenue). And lets be real: Take away one source of "outrage" and Twitter/Facebook/social media overall would just point at something else and start screaming at that. That soapbox aint gonna stand on itself (and that ad revenue aint gonna flow).
Quite frankly, I cant stand them. All the more reason to avoid social media. So much quieter that way, and hey, everything smells better when you're not near it too.
And when straight up comedy is what you want, well: Youtube. Yes, I know, that's my answer and/or suggestion for everything, but still. Doesnt matter what it is, you'll find it on Youtube. Even if it gets some people up in arms, it'll still be there (as long as it doesnt break ToS or agitate the deranged god that is the Algorithm, of course). I actually tend to think that Youtube is, possibly, one of the reasons why stand-up comedy aint around so much anymore. It's just too easy to go get some quick laughs on there within seconds, regardless of your own personal sense of humor (that's my personal theory, anyway). If there's a thing you think is hilarious, you CAN find it on there. Just remember to use adblock. Nobody likes mid-joke ads.
As for myself though, personally was never a fan of stand-up (though I REALLY respect the skill and bravery of anyone willing to get on a stage! You'd never get me to do that, I'd just pass out or something).
I'd rather just go watch The Three Stooges or something. Physical comedy is more my thing (so long as nobody is ACTUALLY getting hurt). No, I dont know why.
I feel there's a lot of 'comedians' nowadays who basically just say stuff that they know is going to get backlash and then complain about people trying to cancel them when they get backlash over what they say during their routines. And of course, as it common with everyone who supposedly is 'cancelled', their complaints about being cancelled are reported on multiple news outlets and they actually face no consequences at all and continue to perform stand-up, get Netflix specials, etc.
Ya know, that makes me think of this:
I got a new tv channel here recently called BBC Nordic, some good comedy on it.
