The more obvious problem is that those jokes, even if terrible, are too advanced for an 8yo to make.

Reminds me of the memes with the little girl making astute comments about the patriarchy to her father.

Mother dearest, it pains my effusive tendencies to inform you the untimely death of your life's work by the hands of a mere transistor-- moreover, my incontinence briefs have reached their capacity.

Eh I don't think the content is out of line with what an 8yo understands. Mine tells stories about bombs flying in the Russia/Ukraine war, which required a lesson about tact because some of his classmates are both Russian and Ukrainian refugees and this subject may be a little close to home (literally, his best friend's grandma lives in Ukraine right now).

Yeah, it takes a different bs detector depending on the context.