What makes mom memes, jokes about dieting and vacation memes so uproariously funny is that they are totally relatable. The same holds true for dark humor memes, which use gallows humor to elicit ...

The other reason is because the book I’ve chosen, “Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust” by Nathanael West employs a particular strain of dark humor that is not everyone’s cup of tea.

The online reaction, ranging from grief to celebration, sparked debates about the appropriateness of such dark humor. “[Dark humor] can use language or things that have happened that you shouldn ...