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Sarcasm is not only the lowest form of wit, it is also here deployed to create a false dichotomy. Clearly, 'merkins can make jokes, but that speaks little to nothing about their willingness or ability to take them. Obviously, a diversion into US media culture to illustrate how it reflects and reinforces a wider culture almost entirely devoid of the concept of self-deprecation would be unwelcome, but such a ludicrous comment surely invites one.
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Americans do really appear to struggle to take a joke…
That probably explains their lack of success in TV, cinema, theatre, literature, and stand up.