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[โ€“] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Call me insensitive, but as someone who experienced 9/11 as an adult, being able to enjoy actual funny jokes that reference the attack is kind of refreshing, especially jokes created by the generation born after it happened.

I have nothing concrete to base this on, but my observation is this:

  • A 9/11 joke written by someone who lived through it is more likely to be about 9/11

  • a 9/11 joke written by someone born after it happened is more likely to use 9/11 to punctuate a joke about something else

Either way, I find the latter group funnier.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Ashley Gavin has a stand up special where she does some 9/11 jokes and they're pretty good. I think she does a good job of it, but she wasn't an adult when it happened so I think that changes her perspective.

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