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The decline of comedy is particularly lamented, with the hosts arguing current mainstream humor is sanitized, predictable, and devoid of the subversiveness that made classics like Austin Powers and Dodgeball memorable. They blame political pressure, censorship, and PC culture for this decline, leading to an "intentional blandness" in modern comedic works.
They also touch on the scarcity of radical, offensive humor today, which they claim is the backbone of genuine comedy. The current trend of "safe" comedy has neutered the genre, making many laughs predictable and rote.