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Dark humor and censorship | Connor Kianpour, guest host Stephen Kershnar

Brain in a Vat

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What Makes Things Funny?

There are four different conditions for gimbal about what makes things funny. The first is the individual who is engaging in a sort of kind of humorous demonstration, so maybe telling a joke. They should want their joke to land in a certain kind of way. Then there is the condition of playfulness and cleverness. And I think that the case of nervous laughter is particularly plausibly explained by the relief theory.

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