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Funniness Eases Offensive Humor
- Disparagement humor tends to be judged less offensive when it is funny compared to non-funny socially inappropriate statements.
- The funniness of a joke seems to reduce perceived offensiveness by resolving cognitive dissonance between wanting to laugh and recognizing offense.
Humor vs. Offense Processing
- Humor appraisal is an immediate unconscious reaction, while judging offense is a more conscious process.
- This difference allows a joke to be funny first, with offense judgements occurring afterwards.
Crashing Highlights Humor Struggles
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge's show "Crashing" features a woman who struggles to be funny in a context of dirty humor.
- Her attempts make for a poignant example of how not everyone can easily engage or be accepted in edgy humor contexts.