Category Archives: Humor

Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Luke Ford

Political scientist Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in this 2019 book: * In their 2014 book The Outrage Industry, Jeffrey Berry and Sarah Sobieraj chronicle the growth of a new genre of political programming through the 2000s; programming that places a … Continue reading →

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Extemporaneous Blending: Conceptual Integration in Humorous Discourse from Talk Radio

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Luke Ford

Cognitive Science professor Seana Coulson writes in 2005: * When speakers produce language, listeners use that linguistic input along with background and contextual knowledge to set up simple cognitive models in mental spaces (Coulson, Semantic Leaps). Similarly, when people look … Continue reading →

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When Did It Become A Bad Thing To Be Offensive?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Luke Ford

When Jews like Lenny Bruce and Al Goldstein were on the way up in America, it was a great thing to be offensive. In the 1950s and 1960s, Jews led the fight for free speech. Now they lead the fight … Continue reading →

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Are There Fewer Jokes These Days?

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Luke Ford

A mate of mine in Australia says: “I’ve been enjoying all these old James Bond movies. I enjoy the sexism and racial stereotyping that prevailed in the early Bond movies. It’s a breath of fresh air. There was one set … Continue reading →

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Jews Used To Drive Taxis

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Luke Ford

A clearly inebriated woman, stark naked, jumped into a taxi in New York City and laid down on the back seat. The cab driver, an old Jewish gentleman, opened his eyes wide and stared at the woman. He made no … Continue reading →

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