The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast

35. Not all jokes are funny

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Have you ever been told:

  • “Learn to take a joke."
  • "Why are you so serious?"
  • "Lighten up."

    • In this episode, I explain which jokes I find offensive and how sensitive people think it's more important to not hurt people than to be funny.

    Related posts on my blog: Some jokes aren't funny

    The mean jokes/pranks mentioned in this episode:

    • Article about Daniel Tosh's rape joke
    • The Saturday Night Live ISIS skit
    • The "dropping baby from the balcony" prank
    • The student driver prank

      • Podcast music attribution: Bust This Bust That (Professor Kliq) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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