In case it's not clear, when a sociopath explains away bad behavior by saying it was "just a joke", they don't mean they were making a joke to be funny. These so-called jokes are a test to see who is in-group and who isn't. If you think it's a good joke, you're part of their group. If you don't think it's a good joke, you're their enemy.
This is why their humor sucks. They're not making jokes to be funny, but to weed out the people who don't think they're funny.
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@joshsusser Isn't the function of humour generally to establish in- and out-groups?
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@michaelgraaf That is accepted as one of humor's functions, but it's not its only function. And even if it's a typical use of humor, it can still be used in an abusive way. I'm not sure what point you're making, so not sure what to say.
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