Nov 20, 2021
15 min read
A Brief Lesson: On Humor, Part 1
Why some jokes work the way they do and what old jokes can mean in a modern context.
In my last post, I presented a number off-color jokes, some of which are very transgressive when viewed from the lens of our current social equations. What is it that makes these jokes the way they are, though? Why do they work the way they do and why do people laugh…
