It's not that I mean to harp on this, but, well, I guess I'm going to harp on it. Why do you need to have a joke program track at all? What purpose does it serve?
And are you *sure* that no harm is being done? Are you *sure* that "everyone appreciated the joke" and that there were "no problems at all"? How can you be sure of this?
Jokes like this rely on cultural knowledge. What "everyone knows", or "doxa" is probably not something that everyone at your con actually knows. Do you have non-native English speakers at your con? Do you have newbie con attendees? Do you have teenagers or children attending?
If you badly want joke programs, why not make a fake newsletter, a la the Onion, and put them there, instead of in the program book?
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And are you *sure* that no harm is being done? Are you *sure* that "everyone appreciated the joke" and that there were "no problems at all"? How can you be sure of this?
Jokes like this rely on cultural knowledge. What "everyone knows", or "doxa" is probably not something that everyone at your con actually knows. Do you have non-native English speakers at your con? Do you have newbie con attendees? Do you have teenagers or children attending?
If you badly want joke programs, why not make a fake newsletter, a la the Onion, and put them there, instead of in the program book?