I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend

[absentbird@lemm.ee]

What even is the joke here? She decided to kill herself at home to reduce the likelihood of someone raping her corpse?

Or is it funny because the guy on the bridge saw her attempt at suicide as a sexual opportunity?

It's almost like an anti-joke, where the humor comes from how offensive it is. It's sad to think there are people who live this sort of experience, being seen as a sex object more than a human being, even in the darkest hours of their life. That's gotta fuck someone up.

[hobbitfoot@thelemmy.club]

They've been showing up recently.

[thatweirdguy1001@lemmy.world]

Now when you say it's fucked up are we talking like explicitly graphic content shown in detail or just explicit content that's alluded to but not shown?

[machinist@lemmy.world]

It's called black humor. It's funny because it's dark, shared suffering. Hospice nurses and grade school teachers, for instance, tend to have great black humor.

Either you're looking for something to be offended about or you're lucky and haven't suffered much in your life.

[itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world]

At least he tried to save her.

[ours@lemmy.world]

Save her body for later use.

[mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de]

You know it's serious when you need a VPN to access it in your country

[ultragigagigantic@lemmy.ml]

When I die I donate my body first to the necrophiliacs of the world and last the cannibals. Go nuts you guys.

[ahal@lemmy.ca]

Or the third option, it's not that funny.

When it comes to black humour, people tend to have lower standards. I guess for them the shock factor is enough to carry the joke. But once you've seen enough black humour, the shock factor starts to wear thin. The shock factor should complement the joke, not be the subject of it.

[machinist@lemmy.world]

Nah, this is pretty funny, especially gobbling the sleeping pills.

Now, dead baby jokes rely mostly on the shock factor. I'm still immature enough to think they're funny as well.

[arcaneslime@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Have you considered the fourth, correct option, that humor is as subjective as musical taste?

[feathercrown@lemmy.world]

Ol' reliable (+0)

[zombifrancis@sh.itjust.works]

Sexy Losers explores far worse subjects. This, in particular, is an origin story. It gets so, so much worse.

[mdccclv@lemmy.ca]

This is the least bad comic in the series. This is the guy that literally invented fap.

[mdccclv@lemmy.ca]

Google fucking hates it, they refuse to show the comic website when you search, it's been like that for years.

[absentbird@lemm.ee]

I love black humor, but this is weak. A good black joke uses dark subjects to amplify effective humor, it's not just funny because it's crude. This is more akin to shock humor. The place it really falls short is the punchline imo.

Frankly I think the amount I've suffered probably detracts from it if anything; I've been there for two different friends after they lost a sister to suicide, both had been aggressively sexualized during their depression.

[woodscientist@lemmy.world]

No no. Get the order right.

1. Necrophiliacs
2. Organ donation
3. Cannibals
4. Wiccans, pagans, or anyone else who can use bones for religious ceremonies.

[justapenguin@lemmy.world]

Why the fuck was this the comment that got me

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Ya'll can just skip the shit that got him and others killed and go straight into academia if you want to have a positive impact on the world.

That's great advice!

Though my inner academic wants to try to measure the additional positive impact of killing a (almost certainly?) racist cop...

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Somehow the local authorities manage to out what-the-fuck Carl:

"Shortly after the corpse's discovery by authorities, physicians and pathologists examined Elena's body and put it on public display at the Dean-Lopez Funeral Home, where as many as 6,800 people viewed it.[9]"