>But the original was funny though

I’m a millennial, but my humor is more in line with gen z. Something I wanted to add is that, to me, the original is very unfunny, so much so that, respectfully, your comment here is very funny.
I know this probably isn’t the case, but it envokes the the idea of being like “I don’t get it. He fucked a dragon. That’s funny” and not being able to fathom how anybody could not think so.
I think the best way I can describe it is if you think of a contrived joke and your natural response is to roll your eyes at it. After interacting with people with a sense of humor not like that, coming across that kind of joke becomes funny, because the idea of a person thinking that it is funny is funny.
For me, it’s kind of interesting, because I have close friends from college who will make references and things that have become funny to me in this respect. And then other friends, and myself, would only make a similar joke ironically.