You can be a terrible person and still be funny. But what it requires is a unsatisfied need for socialization and attention. If you can get that attention and praise elsewhere, then the need to grind out a sense of humor is gone. And even worse for a sense of humor, sometimes people will complement unfunny but powerful people's jokes, reinforcing bad humor. "haha, boss, your joke was so funny, please don't fire me" "wow hot chick, you're so humorous, sleep with me" "minority vent humor is amazing, I will lick your boots clean" "buff jock is so funny and relatable, and not at all threatening"
Oh I wasn't thinking being a terrible person on a macro scale, where all you think about is hate, but moreso on a personal scale. Think about how many actors are complete shitheads, druggies, sex fiends, but as long as the haha's flow, all is brushed under the rug. Kevin Spacey fucks teenage boys but he's incredibly talented, for instance. Chevy Chase is by many accounts a complete asshole and Bill Murray is impossible to work with and bitches and moans constantly, but on camera things look good.
Women aren't funny.
You can be a terrible person and still be funny. But what it requires is a unsatisfied need for socialization and attention. If you can get that attention and praise elsewhere, then the need to grind out a sense of humor is gone. And even worse for a sense of humor, sometimes people will complement unfunny but powerful people's jokes, reinforcing bad humor. "haha, boss, your joke was so funny, please don't fire me" "wow hot chick, you're so humorous, sleep with me" "minority vent humor is amazing, I will lick your boots clean" "buff jock is so funny and relatable, and not at all threatening"
Oh I wasn't thinking being a terrible person on a macro scale, where all you think about is hate, but moreso on a personal scale. Think about how many actors are complete shitheads, druggies, sex fiends, but as long as the haha's flow, all is brushed under the rug. Kevin Spacey fucks teenage boys but he's incredibly talented, for instance. Chevy Chase is by many accounts a complete asshole and Bill Murray is impossible to work with and bitches and moans constantly, but on camera things look good.