Agreed. The edge of absurdity is still funny though, the boundaries just shift over time, and new creativity finds it. I would argue that Sean Tejaratchi is one to chart such waters:
https://liartownusa.tumblr.com/
...whom, incidentally was also (somewhat) recently profiled in the New Yoker:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/01/the-brilliant-...