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If you really agreed with the first point, you would not find it funny. If someone would post here "I think my wife has skin cancer - her moles keep changing colors!", nobody would find it funny. Because we recognize that cancer is not something to joke about. It affects real people, and it is not funny. Obviously, cancer is deadly and OCD is not, so I am not drawing a direct comparison. I am just trying to bring out my point. If something is a serious condition that affects real people, many of whom we know, then it should be off limits as far a jokes are concerned.
If you really agree with my second point, you would not find it funny. If it "makes you want to vomit" when you hear it, it wouldn't also make you laugh. At least that's not how my laughing mechanism works...
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I don't really have the time to pick my words in an exacting fashion now. In a nutshell, one type of joke is the unexpected connection of concepts/objects in a possibly realistic situation. (Rereading my words, did any of you have time to understand in an exacting fashion at this time of year/night?)
Both OCD and the machla are unfortunately realistic situations for some, Hashem Yishmor.
Connecting a wife asking for money and OCD is an unexpected connection.
These are the makings of a joke even though the scenario may be sad, painful or even horrific.
I'm sure I would fine tune my definition if I put more thought into it. Enough for now. More jokes?