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It depends sometimes it can be funny if the joke is well done with some effort.
I mean nothing is really off limits in comedy imo but at least make it funny so i do agree in some capacity. >

Ya that’s why I just stick to classic yo mama so fat jokes >

OP mama so [negative trait] she did a [sex thing] with a [member of a race]! >

It's very low-hanging fruit, but it can sometimes be funny. 
It's the "burger and fries" version of comedy - it's something most performers can execute reasonably well, and it's something the audience will enjoy well enough.
I think the great comedians don't necessarily have to "play it safe" to be funny - they're more like the chef who can successfully deliver filet mignon. >

Boo to this post. >

OP is probably a woman of color. >

You mean her eyelashes are so long they slow down her blinks?
YOU CANT SAY THAT
I don't know if it's a woman of color but it's definitely a woman.
YOU CANT SAY THAT >

You don't go to standup shows with that attitude. Vote with your laughs. You don't like the joke, don't laugh. No subject is off limits though. You can make a good bit out of the worst tragedy. >

Oh really? Brian Regan and even Jeff Foxworthy and Gabriel Iglesias tend to avoid overly-crass jokes—and Brian Regan will avoid them altogether. >

naming 3 american comedians that don't do offensive jokes doesn't mean it isn't popular.
Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle, and Ricky Gervais all do offensive jokes, and are quite a bit more popular than the other 3 you named. >

Never heard of or at least forgot; ibid., and don’t really listen to much of his comedy. >

That's what he said while I went to do his mother >

So you went to see a comedian that does social commentary jokes and your upset that it was about social issues? >

It was just an unthemed general stand up act. I wasn't upset that these types of jokes were included, only that it was repetitive and monotonous due to the lack of variety in jokes. >

You are right. >

I used to love watching and listening to stand up comedy and now I don't find them funny anymore bc you're right- it's all gender, race, sex jokes and putting whole groups of people down. No originality anymore. I don't find it offensive, it's just not funny. >

It's funny the first few times you watch it yep. Then it just keeps droning on. >

If your little feelings are going to be hurt maybe stand up comedy isn’t for you >

It's not about being offended, just kind of disappointed due to a lack of variety. >

Sounds like you were offended which you need to leave that at the door during comedy shows >

It sounds like you are offended that he doesn't like a certain form of comedy >

Like I said leave your feelings at the door when going to a comedy club. I’d imagine most people found it funny while they were offended >

Doesn't mean you can't have opinions. A comedian can make a joke and the audience can call it shit. Comedians are not some divine people who are above any form of criticism. >

I’m sure they were getting loads of laughs. The ones with hands folded ready to unleash these thoughts onto Reddit and twitter sound maximum offended. Again leave it at the door for stand up comedy!! >

Doesn't matter. If someone makes a joke anybody can take it however they want. Criticism is not censorship. >

Wow well yeah thats definitely unpopular. You get an upvote, lol >

Im sorry garden4lora that you had a bad experience at the show. Last comedy orgy we put on was really enjoyable and lots of seed was planted deep in the garden. Only 4 showed but there was loral of flowers so it was really hard to pound out the logistics. Once all the sweat and tears was done I feel deep in my guts it was worth seeing. /S >

Ah yes, comedic orgy porgys >

I agree 100%. Comedians like Jimmy Carr, I can predict his punchlines from a few lightyears away. Every up and coming comic makes dark jokes, about sex, race, or the twin towers. Comedy is at that point today, where a simple dad joke makes you laugh way harder, and is so much more memorable because it's uncommon. Dark jokes are found everywhere, and let's be honest, it's not even that offensive.
Whether it's the comedian that's lazy, or the audience that isn't in a mood for new things, or that the constraints of today's society and cancel culture harm the artist's abilities, that's a whole separate conversation, and I doubt there is a unanimous answer to it. 
Stuff like r/fifthworldproblems that have started on Reddit, I think this is a great place for humour to go. It's new, it's unique, it's very possibly the future of comedy. I could imagine some day in the future, this being a comic's style. >

Let me add, I frequent a comedy joint nearby. 5 mins for newbies to make it or break it. Every one of the 10 contestants, except one guy, did the exact same "offensive" humor routine. The one guy that didn't, he had cerebral palsy, and made such a humble joke, it was the hardest I've ever laughed in my life.
His joke was, "Having cerebral palsy is so difficult. You would've hoped they at least named it something easier to pronounce than cerebral palsy."
It's a simple joke, there's no attempt at being Lenny Bruce, and props to the guy for having the courage to do it. Just brilliant! >

Lol. All these redditors, man.
"You dont understand, I have so many jokes to tell about black people and women, this is my specialty"
Yeah, i used to be all about race jokes and offensive humor, but a lot of times the people that make these jokes a lot feel some personal type of way about the groups they joke about that makes it so easy to make them the butt of a joke, that Im learning to steer clear from them. They usually have SOME type of dysfunction or genuine bigotry that they mask and speak in plain sight to eachother through "irony" and "funny humor"
Like, just dont make a woman joke, you can do it. >

Censor art and you censor your voice. >

Im not censoring you, im saying, to me, the people who laugh at dry, recycled, stand up comedy race and sex jokes are laughing for the same reason amy schumers audience laughs at her jokes. Because they find satisfaction in someone affirming their opinion and they relate to them, not because they're funny. If you wanna say it so bad, whatever, but its the same people here talking about having tough skin getting offended at someone not fucking with the covert bigotry >

I can get down with that if you agree that comedy can make a joke out of the most sensitive topic. >

Yeah, no doubt👍.  Maybe, some things shouldnt be joked about so recklessly, not because im a screeching PC bot or whatever, but comedians arent gods and its fair to say comedians can be genuine assholes too and called that without all the "ur a snowflake" bawkery >

Comedy is subjective. Sex and race are lazy subjects but most people can relate to them so most will find the humour in it. >

Too many “comedians” indeed rely on verbal & emotional abuse—including revealing information about their sexual lives at the expense of their partners—as well as bigotry in the guise of jokes. I can’t imagine how some of those “comedians”’ spouses and children deal with them behind closed doors. >

Isaac Butterfield does that for most of his sets, yet he's probably the biggest Australian comedian. What's funny to everyone else doesn't always have to be funny to you and vice versa. >

Do you think a sex or race joke CAN be funny? 
If you do, then you can’t say someone isn’t funny for doing mostly sex and race jokes. 
It’s not the subject matter, it’s the weak jokes. >

Pretty much anything goes with comedy. The only measure is whether someone laughed. The more laughs…the more the joke is validated. >

My problem with this is that you can absolutely tell jokes like these that are funny. Not everyone is going to find them funny because the closer to Edge your humor gets the less people find it funny.
But edgy, racial, sexual, all of that, any of those kinds of jokes, have an audience.
And honestly none of it has to be extremely derogatory or offensive. You can make racial jokes that aren't flat out hatred. You can make sex jokes that aren't flat out perversions you can make edgy jokes that aren't straight up cringe-worthy.
Comedy is an art form. It's unfortunately an art form that every single person on the face of the planet thinks they're proficient in. But like most things, one out of every 10 is actually good at it.
That's why you have comedians that can do bits about pedophilia that make you laugh. It's because they're good fucking comedians >

I don't like certain parts of comedy. So if that's where your comedy comes from, it's not comedy!
Yeah dude, go back to twitter. >

You definitely have some shitty jokes but think your the class clown >

I only know (memories) 1 joke, that already means that I'm not funny. >

Well I disagree with your wording but race and sex jokes are not funny when you don’t put any effort in and don’t subvert expectations. Like your example. Race and sex jokes are fine if they’re not overly fleshed out and the content is diverse. >

If my jokes about sex and race are funny then I'm funny >

No wonder I can’t stand Lily Singh! >

dream on