What is the etiquette in replying to jokes/videos sent to you

[Stressedout65]

I have a lovely friend who regularly sends me jokes & videos via whattsapp. I don't want to sound judgey or ungrateful of the contact after reading so many threads where people are upset at no contact with friends during lockdown. The thing is these jokes from social media & the Internet are so lame, as are the "funny" videos. A lot of them are racist or include too many references to bodily fluids & a lot of swearing. None of them are sexist or sexually creepy. I must get one or two a day. How do I respond to these?
1 ignore them & feel very rude
2 text a message back? There is not much left to say when it happens every day
3 send a laughing face or thumbs up to show appreciation. This will encourage him to keep sending more.
To be honest I just want it to stop, but don't want to hurt his feelings, and speak properly face to face now that we are allowed to

My MIL sends them constantly. They’re almost always wildly inappropriate and I don’t appreciate them at all so I just archive the chat every time now so I don’t have to open them but don’t have the unread notification. I don’t really care if it’s rude, her racist bigoted ‘jokes’ don’t wash with me.

This sounds like my Dad. He thinks he's funny . . He's not, I ignore lol

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Oh god I hate these too. In my case it’s usually 2 friends of mine who sent cat memes or some guff about Prosecco/gin. I usually ignore though I feel bad ignoring them. We are in a WhatsApp group chat so at least other people are responding to them

I had an acquaintance who sent me all sorts of unfunny "funny" things, I asked her to stop and she did.

I had already established that I'm a bit weird about my phone though, I don't answer calls, prefer texts, don't do group chats. I find once you've established yourself as odd it makes other things much easier to say no to.