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Humor Us

TED Radio Hour

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Is There a Humor Failure?

There are risks though, right? I mean, a sharp comment like that. It could fall flat or at the very worst, it could offend someone. But there's a really important distinction here. There are different types of failure. We think that a humor fail is when we don't get a laugh. Actually, there's some awesome research to show that as long as our humor is still appropriate, then it'll still increase people's perceptions of our confidence and have no meaningful impact on competence or status.

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