Scatological humour can be an excellent way of coping with the less savoury aspects of being an online community that allows anyone to sign up and participate

We could have our fifty-page essay-style arguments with these people about why they're wrong and bad, but in the effort of saving time and mocking their bad actions, it's easier to just mock them with an image of a pig pooping on itself

It's really no different than calling them a shithead or a jackass

So in short, sometimes, poo poo funny