Never heard of something awful, tbh, and I've been around the internet awhile. Maybe it's just me.
But it made me wonder about the history of the dead baby joke…
>According to the folklorist scholar Alan Dundes, the dead baby joke cycle likely began in the early 1960s.[1] Dundes theorizes that the origin of the dead baby joke lies in the rise of second-wave feminism in the U.S. during that decade and its rejection of the traditional societal role for women, which included support for legalized abortion and contraceptives. [2][3] It has also been suggested that the jokes emerged in response to images of graphic violence, often involving infants, from the Vietnam War.[4]
>In the twenty-first century, the popularity of the joke cycle has led to the creation of a number of websites dedicated to dead baby jokes.
There was a link at the bottom of the wikipedia page for "The Aristocrats"
>"The Aristocrats" (also called "The Debonaires" or "The Sophisticates" in some tellings) is a taboo-defying off-color joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era.
Pic related is the "original" Aristocrats joke.
HMMMMM
Here's an ELI5
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1bl4zc/elif_the_aristocrats_joke/
>It is considered sort of a secret handshake amongst comedians but I think it's important to note that all the famous comedians like Steven Martin, Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, and so on, all had their own versions of the joke.
>Gilbert Godfrey is one of the truly amazing performances of the joke. Wasn't it at a Roast right after 9-11 and nobody wanted to laugh. I guess he broke them all down into laughter by just letting out with it.
>Also, I think it was Johnny Carson's favorite joke.
what do you think anons?