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This would be more interesting if it was about something that was more of a quality comedy.

I don't understand why jokes about vaginas, being fat, being gross or sex are funny to so many people.

Something is ultimately funny cause it is unexpected and true in a certain perspective.

My guess is that people think it is unexpected that people talk about these things and that is why they laugh and think it is funny. To me the concept of using such a simple idiotic picture of what a human is, is cringe. It is sort of embarrassing that people find it funny.



Define quality?

IMO, comedy is a great vehicle to help people realize taboo topics should not be taboo. Are Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy not quality comics? Do you also have an issue with cussing? George Carlins famous bit showed how absurd it is to ban words from TV.


Quality can't be defined.

But in this specific case it is about the amount of quality work that went in to the material.


The taboos of polite society when talked about openly create a sort of mix of intimacy, unexpectedness, mild revulsion that stimulates laughter.

Trying to find consistent logical reasons in comedy is a pretty futile game.




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