The question I'm using for my dissertation is 'Should there be limits to comedy?' like, should there be any subjects that are off limits and such. It'd be great to hear what you think. Cheers.

Of course there should be limits to comedy!  There should be - and are - limits to everything in the world, comedy included.  

If jumping wasn’t limited by gravity, people would fly into space and die.  If life wasn’t limited by disease and death, our parents wouldn’t have met, because Atilla the Hun would be president, which would have been distracting.  

And if everybody was able to be funny any time they wanted, laughing would be like breathing, and jokes wouldn’t be remarkable.  If there were no limits on comedy, there would be no comedy, because comedy is essentially something done wrong.  You’re not supposed to throw a pie at someone’s face.  Pies are for eating, faces are for scowling.  A person is supposed to knock on your door with their hand, they’re not supposed to say “knock knock,” and if they do, when you ask who’s there, they should have a name like Mark Johnson, not a long ass sentence.  And nobody that owns a baseball team with a guy on first named “Who” should be unprepared for the question “Who’s on first.”  They should call him by his first name or call him “Mister Who.” 

They should.  Technically speaking.  There should certainly be limits to comedy.  

Because, technically speaking, nothing funny should ever happen.