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You'll get a tantalizing glimpse of misleading headlines on Facebook, potentially problematic jokes on Twitter, and a lot of other stuff you really shouldn't care about.
I watched the entire series to find its most problematic jokes.
Take, for example, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, where the conceit of dubbing comedic commentary over a retro Japanese obstacle course show was genius enough for most people to ignore some of its more problematic jokes.
Sure, there were some highly-problematic jokes, but Ross's ex-wife and her new partner, Carol and Susan, were still the totally accepted parents of Ross and Carol's son Ben.
"It is slightly problematic," she jokes now, "because the [film] is going to be screened on the ABC and they're going to want to show it in widescreen.
Earlier seasons contained problematic gay panic jokes, and the show certainly got criticism for having an all-white cast, but even by just Season 2, a whole episode was focused on a gay wedding.
The crack sparked the hashtag #FireColbert, which was quickly co-opted by conservative types, who were less concerned with the joke's problematic implications and instead rallied to get Colbert fired for his anti-Trump views.
Does she think satirical "racist jokes" are problematic if actual racists still find them funny?
Jimmy Kimmel put on a brave face and made jokes about problematic men in Hollywood.
I had jokes that were problematic, where the punchline was that I was Asian.
Also peppering her studiedly fragmented narrative is a series of knock-knock jokes, with the existentially problematic question "Who's there?" Who indeed?
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