Nothing is off limits in comedy. It's either all or nothing. Jokes are either good or bad. There is humor in everything and it helps us cope with the reality of a situation, that said timing, not just comedic timing but the timing of knowing when a joke is not right for the current(for the time, not necessarily reffering to now) political/social climate is important.
Jokes/comedy are subjective. Objectively some jokes might be that bad you'll struggle to find even 10 people to laugh at them, but for the most part comedy is about consenting yourself to listen to/explore it and then absenting
yourself if you don't like it/can't handle it/it isn't to your tastes. Criticising it as you stop buying/watching/attending is one thing, it's what follows if others do not agree with your criticism that erupts into accusations/battles/name-calling.
The problem in the modern eras isn't comedians not doing dark/risky things, maybe outside of one or two examples, as many still do. It's the aggressive and hostile push to absent others by force/accusations/name-calling from enjoying comedians/comedy/jokes/satire you do not like. In the social media age, it's so easy to find out what others like/enjoy/laugh at and then target them for not thinking like you. That's part technological and generational change. People find it harder than ever to accept being around people who think differently than them as we're not just talking hearing opinions in your local community and school now, but if you go online you're potentially around hundreds if not thousands of people subjecting you to their opinions on comedy/comedians/movies and satire. As I briefly mentioned earlier throw in the clickbait/only read the headline generation and the media stroke some insane fires of anger at times too on the internet/in social media.
Since comedians and satirical social/political takes have existed, people have taken offence and called for protest/shutdown/accused of
crime/damage/corrupting the youth. In earlier times it was mostly the conservatives, or right-wing, getting hot and bothered about religious jokes, or about sex/violence/swearing/crudeness. I think from above largely thanks to technology now more people than ever (of all political leanings) just can't find a way to navigate life without being alarmed or frustrated they are coming across many others who enjoy satire/humour they don't, even although they know themselves comedy is often subjective. It's very easy to differentiate genuine comedians/jokes/satire from actual ill-intent, but more often than not now that doesn't matter. Criticism devolves from "I don't think that joke is funny and here is why" to "The person who told this joke is a literal piece of shit and I know their personality and morality is truly broken and fuck them".
The greatest irony of all is humour/laughing is natures anti-depressant, so if you truly don't find yourself ever smiling or laughing, find a way to without feeling you're some
criminal for laughing at a politically incorrect joke every now and then. Some of the worst things in life, whether it be challenges, health, social inequality, death, violence and so on get satirised to try and help us deal with how depressing real life is. Not everyone can laugh at their woes, but some people try to find a way to when they're down and out because if they can't put a smile on their face even for 5 minutes once a year they'll go insane. Or if you're beyond jokes now as an "adult", find a way to laugh as being grumpy all the time will not only make you more depressed in life, but those around you will no doubt find your company difficult. I do wage many on the internet who act like they've never laughed at an offensive joke do it quite often by themselves or in close company with friends. Hypocrisy has always been rife since the internet kicked off.
