"Apparently This Matters" is CNN Tech's weekly, offbeat look at the social media world. Jarrett ponders what makes a joke or slur offensive and why it might not be so bad in real life. He says there are four factors that play into how offensive an insult can be. "If you just know that this person is a good person, I think that's a big one," Jarrett writes.
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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