RE: It's ok to not get offended by everything.
The idea of a lot of comedy is often coming out with the things that you know you want to do or say, but you just wouldn't because it's not a nice or acceptable thing to do. It makes you laugh because you know you think it sometimes, but the absurdity of ever carrying it out is funny.
The thing is, the majority of people aren't offended by every little thing, but it certainly feels like it on social media. Because anything online can reach all over the world you're going to get just enough people offended to make it feel like it's a majority. The affect this is having is to create a mistrust in anyone you don't know, further dividing us. You can see the effects in China, particularly since the Mao period. They are very supportive and close as families, but are unlikely to lift a finger to help a stranger.
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Comedy has always pushed boundaries and made people think. They say what you can't. They have an environment where anything goes and it's no harm either as people need to be provoked and make to think.
It does seem that way from most social medias especially with the clampdown on free speech lately. Outspoken people who are getting banned and censored. Now I don't agree with all of them but I hate to see the narrative being controlled by a few large corporations who already have a lot of power and money. It's a dangerous thing when they are steering the direction of society as they only care about the money and power not the consequences.
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