I suspect it's just that1. the imagery is really strong, so it's going to be a common reference point.
2. there's pleasure in bad taste and making light of dark things.
I don't think people found the event amusing, they just find the 'wrongness' of making jokes about it amusing.
(2. there's pleasure in bad taste and making light of dark things.
I don't think people found the event amusing, they just find the 'wrongness' of making jokes about it amusing.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Sat 28 Nov 2009, 15:23,
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