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Too Soon! How Long Before It’s Okay to Joke About Something?

IDEAS Posted: March 25, 2014 12:49 am

As Mark Twain observed, “Humor is tragedy plus time.” But how much time? Researcher Peter McGraw of the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) tried some experiments (e.g., a Hurricane Sandy Twitter account) and thinks that “Too soon?” may not be the right question.

IDEAS Published: 03.24.14

Read the story in Slate Published: 03.24.14

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