Literary Friction - Vile Bodies with Sara Pascoe
Literary Friction
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The Neuroscience of Humor
I would say I'm on the ultra moralistic side so I never want to upset anyone and usually what happens if someone says to me I used to have a joke years ago about anorexics. The thing about comedy clubs is usually there are cellar rooms that are kind of dark and you're stuck with soviet, he said. People around you are laughing while you're having the equivalent of a panic attack or a flashback - it's always felt kind of like a sexy edgy place to go with comedy. He was reading about the brain and the amygdala and how we remember 80% negative memories because that's how we learn.
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