On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Scott Johnson wrote:

[snipped refutation of my thoughts]

Gee, I found someone being made fun of for each of those.  Guess he isn't 
so far off, is he?

And I found that you were rather stretching to make the point.  Guess he 
might be a bit off, ne?

Maybe somewhere in between.

can get into.  But 'improbably' is the key word there - would we find a 
show where the lead character tripped and sprained his ankle, got beaten 
up by a gang of street thugs, fired from his job, mugged, and hit by a car 
inherently funny?

I loved that episode of Seinfeld!!

(Also, just what pain would my .sig be playing off of?)
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It's mocking.  You are deliberately degrading something.  Many jokes that 
seem to do no damage otherwise, are mocking in nature.