lostonearth35 wrote:
I was going to tell a joke about a frog in a blender but decided animal cruelty was *too* dark, and now I'm photos of *real* animals frozen and dead.
Googling for "Dark Comedy" led me to
This Wikipedia Article:
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Black comedy, also known as dark comedy or gallows humor, is a comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Comedians often use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues, thus provoking discomfort and serious thought as well as amusement in their audience. Popular themes of the genre include death and violence (murder, suicide, abuse, domestic violence, graphic violence, rape, torture, war, genocide, terrorism, corruption), discrimination (chauvinism, racism, sexism, homophobia), disease (anxiety, depression, nightmares, drug abuse, mutilation, disability, terminal illness, insanity), sexuality (sodomy, homosexuality, incest, infidelity, fornication), religion, and barbarism. ... (more) ...
So you see that opening a thread devoted to "Extremely Dark Jokes" lets in a lot of topics that would otherwise not be covered. I applaud those who have posted so far for showing as much
restraint as they have, since covering every aspect of Dark Humor would likely get everyone in this thread banned and the entire thread consigned to oblivion.