The Power of Humor

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humor is there to reduce tension and that's why some of this shit is so funny right. I see this all the time when like white people and black people who don't know each other are trying to navigate some sensitive issue came up. It's like sometimes just a joke will just release it but it has to be a joke done well done with the knowledge that neither you or I're not looking to get offended"

In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his data-free "theory" of what makes something offensive. What makes a joke about race, ethnicity, gender, disability funny sometimes, and deeply hurtful at other times? What makes Louis CK so goddamn funny and Andrew Dice Clay just...an asshole? Is Family Guy racist? Throughout the episode, David defends the victims of hatred and is a voice of empathy and reason, while Tamler drops the c-word multiple times, jumps to racist conclusions, and makes fun of David's partial Arab heritage.

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