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Dark humor and censorship | Connor Kianpour, guest host Stephen Kershnar

Brain in a Vat

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The Immorality of Jokes

"There are two ways in which a joke could be immoral. One is you tell a joke and instead of it causing a glorious laughter, it causes immense amounts of distress," he says. "The other one would be that you tell a jokes at someone's expense in front of them to make other people laugh." 'It seems like we can cash out jokes that would meet either of those criteria,' the comedian adds.

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