What I meant was, I laughed because it was stupid, not because I enjoyed it. (It was laughable, not humorous.) Usually, 3PO does interject at inappropriate times as comic relief, but this time it felt like he interjected specifically to sell a point that Abrams or Lucasfilm or whomever decided should be sold as…

I think it's cool to toss this little tidbit into Episode VII, and intrepid fans can read the comic and find out the reasoning behind the red arm. The execution was atrocious, though. C-3P0 saying, "you probably don't recognize me because of this red arm" and then never mentioning it again was SO forced and unnatural…