Re: MEMETICS: Humor (was The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

Sunah.Caroline.Cherwin@pobox.com
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:33:23 -0800

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>>Sunah.Caroline.Cherwin@pobox.com wrote:
>>
>>> Well, humor generally (I would like to say 'always') encourages new
>>> juxtapositions and different perspectives. Is there a way for memes to be
>>> propagated in the absence of such phenomena?
>>
>>In my experience, I've found that humor tends to cause people to laugh
>>at juxtapositions, but rarely to examine them in further detail.
>>
>You might enjoy the experience of making more challenging jokes.
to a more curious crowd.

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