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Pete D.'s avatar

Happy Gilmore 2 is a diamond in the polarized rough

Bless Netflix for giving Adam Sandler such a long leash in this day and age

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Dane Benko's avatar

Horror is a sense of humor.

Both horror and comedies are very subjective, meaning what works for one audience won't work for others. But comedies are higher risk right now whereas horror is generally more permissive. If a horror doesn't scare you, you may still like other aspects of it; whereas if you don't laugh at a joke, the joke is dead. But also permissive in a political sense: if you're offended by a horror, well, that's just the sort of subjects it dives into. Whereas if you're offended by a comedy, that's a micro aggression (left) or sedition (right).

So we laugh at the horror shows instead.

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