User blog comment:EtherBot/When In, Don't Doubt!/@comment-24101790-20170210013255

I agree that the main aspect of dark comedy is that it lights upon topics that tend to be overlooked. A joke like:

"Knock knock."

"Who's there?"

"9/11."

"9/11 who?"

"YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET!"

Can say something more than dead baby jokes ("What's the difference between a pile of dead babies and a Camero??? I don't have a Camero in my garage...") which tend to go more for shock humor. Whereas the 9/11 joke pokes 'grave' fun at our tendency to monopolize/create slogans for tragedies, the dead baby joke seems to only rely on shock (which to me doesn't quite work unless the situation is ripe like a pro-life propaganda rally.) While it can be effective, it tends to just come off as an attempt to be edgy.

That being said, "You hear about the crematorium offering discounts for burn patients...?"