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February 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Notorious Weirdo JD Vance Awkwardly Tries to Explain Masculinity
JD Vance implied that telling jokes makes him a man.
January 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Decides Presser on D.C. Plane Crash Is Best Time for a Joke
Donald Trump responded to a request for basic empathy with a quip.
April 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Gets Accidentally, Hilariously Roasted During Hush-Money Trial
Juror selection took an unexpected turn for the former president.
April 5, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New York Earthquake Is a Reminder of Eric Adams’s Shaky Mayoral Record
New Yorkers seized on the earthquake as a chance to roast Mayor Eric Adams.
March 30, 2014
Alice Robb
The Science Behind a Laughter Epidemic and Other Ways that Humor Works
January 31, 2014
Alice Robb
Social Psychologists: It Takes 36 Days After a Tragedy Before Jokes About It Become Funny
The science of humor

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