One of the most active forums on Reddit is titled “AmItheAsshole”. Around 2.7 million people regularly log on to ask if, in any given situation, they are in the wrong. Currently on the page: “AITA [that’s Am I the Asshole] for not wanting to quit my work position for my husband?” (No). And “AITA for asking my roommate to sleep in the basement?” (Yes).

In the 12 years since it was created, it’s been made into a YouTube channel, a podcast, its posts often go viral and it is endlessly memed – and so, in yet more proof that TV execs have run out of ideas, Comedy Central has turned it into a TV show.

Jimmy Carr seems a perfect choice for host – after all, he knows a thing or two about being called an asshole. In the last few decades he’s been under fire for making jokes about amputees and

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