Can I send a joking response?
Why aren't you going to say something serious instead?
It's better to be safe than sorry.
I get that you want to lighten the mood, but this is a serious conversation and you shouldn't say such things to try to keep it safe. Everything has a time and a place, and you need to read the air or else people will think you're tactless.
You're just butt hurt.
It is a bad idea to treat everything like a joke. This approach is bound to offend people sometimes