One who determines whether a other person'
s joke is a joke depending on how offensive the joke is. This is similar to a Schrodinger’s douchebag—
one who determines if the joke they made is a joke or not based on the reaction of other; however, the main difference between Joke
Police and Schrodinger’s douchebag stems from who is determining if the joke is a joke and the factors of what makes the joke a joke.
Members of the Joke
Police Force tend to forget that no topics are excluded under the
definition of satire, thus anything can be made into a joke. Even if nothing is excluded from satire, Joke Police still undergo recusatio satyra.
People within the Joke Police Force tend to make whatever cause the were fighting for by refusing the joke look worse than they really are, thus undermining the effect of any attempt to solve whatever they were fighting for. Sometimes this begs the question: "Why are the joke police targeting jokes rather than the actual issues they're fighting for?" To this day, this question has yet to be answered.
The Joke Police can be easily found on various social medias, notably Twitter and past
Tumblr.