Life is a whole lot more enjoyable if you have a sense of humor. That’s why these NeoPuritans go around so sour and joyless all the time. They have no sense of humor.
Yes. I used to love stand-up comedy, but it has become so verboten to make fun of the “sacred cows” that nothing going through that funnel will come out even remotely funny.
Take the subject of making fun of people’s accents. It has been going on all over the world for centuries. The Romans made fun of the Egyptian accents. Spartans no doubt made fun of Persian accents.
It is universal and common. But somehow, it has become forbidden, to the point where if some comedian makes fun of a Hindu accent, everyone may find it funny, but nobody laughs as they furtively look around them.
I had a friend from Germany some time back, and we were discussing the subject of how people invariably make fun of the accent of people from countries.
When I brought up Swedes, and did a kind of sing-song “YEE dur YAH dur YAW our” he laughed and said they did the same in Germany!
I demonstrated how we made fun of German accents: “Ow der schlaussen klitzen der voggel straussen!” in a deep guttural tone!
He laughed, and when he asked if I wanted to hear how Germans make fun of American accents, he said in a loud barking tone: “ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF!”
I nearly fell on the floor!
We need to find a way to let humor be humor, and let the chips fall where they may.