Kids these days

Apparently, there was a time in the distant past when, like Bob Hope, a rubber chicken was considered funny. I understand what’s funny about fart cushions (we called ‘em flaf bags), and the springy snakes in the peanut can. Plastic vomit isn’t so much funny as just unpleasant but gives you a chance to say “No. It’s okay! I didn’t puke on the carpet!” Forget rubber dog poop; it costs more than real dog poop. However. Right now there is proliferating a novelty item the popularity of which I find inexplicable. What's so funny about a stick of rubber butter?