There's a group that would be annoyed by immersion-breaking 4th wall jokes, and there's another group that would be relieved by the tension and pressure to perform being broken. Everyone's going to have slightly different comfort levels so there's always some compromise on the tone of a campaign.
It harms THAT SPECIFIC PERSON'S ability to enjoy the game. Your group probably enjoys you if you guys play together regularly.
Yeah it's a "read the room" kind of thing.
There's a group that would be annoyed by immersion-breaking 4th wall jokes, and there's another group that would be relieved by the tension and pressure to perform being broken. Everyone's going to have slightly different comfort levels so there's always some compromise on the tone of a campaign.
Gonna say they probably don't if they're consistently getting kicked out of groups