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"'''Joking is a dangerous game'''" is an essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | |||
== Joking is a dangerous game == | |||
Jokes are a dangerous game. In general I am against jokes about serious topics. | <blockquote>Jokes are a dangerous game. In general I am against jokes about serious topics. | ||
Jokes can raise awareness, which is a good thing. | Jokes can raise awareness, which is a good thing. | ||
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And, like oracles, jokes can be interpreted *any way one likes*, which diminishes or ruins the awareness value. | And, like oracles, jokes can be interpreted *any way one likes*, which diminishes or ruins the awareness value. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/barbara.hager.146/posts/10219025569297676?comment_id=10219032835439325&reply_comment_id=10219033013723782 Comment] @ Facebook | |||
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[[Category:Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | |||
Revision as of 09:50, 2 February 2021
"Joking is a dangerous game" is an essay by Karl Jones.
Joking is a dangerous game
Jokes are a dangerous game. In general I am against jokes about serious topics.
Jokes can raise awareness, which is a good thing.
But they necessarily raise emotion, which is a bad thing (f you believe, as I do, that rational thought is highly survival-oriented, emotion not so much).
And, like oracles, jokes can be interpreted *any way one likes*, which diminishes or ruins the awareness value.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Comment @ Facebook
