# Have we stopped making tragedy jokes? I haven't heard any about the Surfside collapse tragedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-stopped-making-tragedy-jokes-i-havent-heard-any-about-the-surfside-collapse-tragedy/946658 "2021-07-16T18:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![GWF\_Hefel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@GWF\_Hefel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GWF_Hefel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-stopped-making-tragedy-jokes-i-havent-heard-any-about-the-surfside-collapse-tragedy/946658/16 "2021-07-17T19:05:56Z")
I have always thought this thread was one of the board’s bright moments: > [@Possible ONION Headlines (Warning: WTC Humor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-onion-headlines-warning-wtc-humor/82091): > > My friend and I were discussing what we thought the ONION was going to post this week. They’re legendary for never holding back, and for incisively finding the sometimes-unpopular insight behind our tragedies. Examples: “Columbine Declared Safe For Bullying Again” and “McVeigh’s Execution Brings Oklahoma Bombing Victims Back To Life”. But Tuesday’s events represent a new challenge for them, a tragedy of unprecedented proportion (in the USA). Will they say something funny? Of course they will. … Many of the jokes seemed funnier at the time. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-stopped-making-tragedy-jokes-i-havent-heard-any-about-the-surfside-collapse-tragedy/946658)._