{"id":41555,"date":"2014-03-28T21:39:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/humor-it-is-a-difficult-concept.html"},"modified":"2014-03-28T21:39:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T03:39:21","slug":"humor-it-is-a-difficult-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/humor-it-is-a-difficult-concept.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Humor. It is a difficult concept.&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">So said Saavik (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/5j7ftfRiWlg\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/5j7ftfRiWlg<\/a>). But, for humans, at least, there is a universal: the Those Dumb Others joke.\ufeff<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/rZupugIESrTRSK8r9yKFr18pwo90sm-UkET4GJLmiDf7kh-91WORGQ-55JWg7kvUskF12aJ_tMQZxJ7JZ8zi2RiBW0bHm9pfXKeumQdmyLhiP_DkIZ2Whzfj68ux-7mCasOUT-4cseXwDobfxsxM__55m7vBv1x9fz4SeD80vncJKIB5bJjNcuDA4a0E2qUmHRPiB2Jh0A9GB1V-rZkAwG3UKVWQxGxkFMweEzBpgdIR=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/culturebox\/features\/2014\/the_humor_code\/polish_jokes_why_every_country_has_one_and_why_only_americans_joke_about.html'>Humor Varies From Country to Country\u2014but Every Country Has a Polish Joke<\/a><br \/>\n                                                For the past several decades, British sociologist and preeminent humor scholar Christie Davies has been collecting examples of an odd phenomenon: Nearly every culture has its own version of the Polish joke. That is, every country likes to make fun of people who\u2019ve been labeled as simpletons and, often, outsiders&#8230;.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/V7qDFWW6La3' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So said Saavik (http:\/\/youtu.be\/5j7ftfRiWlg). But, for humans, at least, there is a universal: the Those Dumb Others joke.\ufeff Humor Varies From Country to Country\u2014but Every Country Has a Polish Joke For the past several decades, British sociologist and preeminent humor scholar Christie Davies has been collecting examples of an odd phenomenon: Nearly every culture has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/humor-it-is-a-difficult-concept.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Humor. 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