 The broadness of the term allows many hilarious variations on the subject.For further reference see the Shifting Baselines Comedy Contest of 2003, in which comedians from all over the U.S., submitted their videos and stand-up routines on the subject of shifting baselines/lowered standards.That shifting baselines contest was judged by such Hollywood celebrities and industry innovators and Norman Lear, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Bill Maher.