Defining Dark Humor with Mom

The joke plays on the concept of dark humor by highlighting a cruel and insensitive situation. The mother uses the disabled person's inability to walk as an example of dark humor, and then adds to it by pointing out that the speaker is also disabled. It's a twisted take on irony and misfortune.

• Dark Humor
• Mom
• Wheelchair
• Blind
• Boy
• Family

• There was one kid that came home from school and asked his mom what dark humor was. She said, "Well son, do you see that guy over there across the road? Go give him a high-five." Son said, "But I can't see." Mom said, "That's the point."
• She responds: “See that man over there with no arms? Tell him to clap.” The kid replies: “But, Mom, I’m blind!” Mom: “Exactly.”
• Kid: "Hey dad, what's dark humor?" Dad: "Go walk up to that homeless guy and throw a rock at him." Kid: "But dad, I don't have any legs or arms." Dad: "Exactly, son."
• Kid: "Dark humor is like a mother's love." Orphan: "How?" Kid: "You wouldn't know." Orphan: "........."