I think that "black humor" argument is applicable to the cops, EMTs, etc, who actually have to deal with horrific situations or the aftermath. They make tasteless jokes about what they deal with to keep their sanity. To see people who are no closer to the tragedy than sitting on their asses reading about it, using the black humor argument as an excuse to make "hilarious" puns....yeah, 'sucks' is a s good a word for that as any .
Yeah. FR is filled with Lenny Briscoe wannabes.