[waterhouse]

Have you heard of "dead baby jokes"?

What's the difference between 100 dead babies and a Ferrari?

I don't keep a Ferrari in my garage.

Here's a sampling. https://thoughtcatalog.com/clint-conway/2016/08/50-of-the-fu...

Anyway, the thing that makes it funny is how absurd it is that the joke-teller would be an enthusiastic baby-murderer, -torturer, and/or -cannibal, depending on the joke (plus general surprise and shock).

For people who have grown up thinking that Nazis are obviously evil monsters and no civilized person could possibly be one of them, making jokes about gassing the Jews and that kind of thing can have a similar kind of appeal.

[throwawaygh]

> Have you heard of "dead baby jokes"?

Not since maybe middle school?

I'm not sure what to say. If an adult made a joke like this -- especially in a workplace -- I would assume they have some sort of developmental disorder. I understand that assumption might be wrong and that in any case I'm not qualified to make a determination, but... I've literally never met a normal and functioning adult who laughs at jokes like these.

[davidivadavid]

No? I could find hundreds of clips from stand up comedians making similar jokes to audiences dying of laughter.

It's a whole genre of humor.

[relbeek2]

And unfortunately in the United States being a self proclaimed Nazi or even sharing their beliefs is not in itself illegal.