Not always my cup of tea but I suspect loopy humor has always been with us, back to whenever it became a recognizable part of human behavior (do our chimp cousins indulge in slapstick?) Think Punch and Judy - which hilarity has always escaped me - and the Three Stooges (ditto). Human beings need no encouragement to engage in questionable behavior towards one another. It's as old as humanity itself and prohibition hasn't worked. Those who enjoy it will seek it out; those who don't, avert their eyes or otherwise avoid it. As Sly Stone said, "different strokes for different folks."
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