Is it a generation gap thing or what? I can't stand Alan Partridge, Mrs Merton, or The Royle Family, all "reality" based humour. It seems that we all know people like these. But do we laugh at those who are actually like that? No, most of us are too polite. So why do we find it funny when people mock these poor inadequates?
As B.H.Calcutta[Failed] famously said, "It are wicked to mock the afflicted"
John