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What does it mean?
Serious topics may only be approachable through humor.
In plain terms
Use jokes to deal with very serious subjects.
What can you take from it?
Use humor to navigate serious topics.

Where it applies

  • grief
  • coping
  • public discourse

Putting it to work

  • use humor to cope
  • find levity in hard times

Questions to consider

  • What serious thing do you joke about?
  • Does humor help or hide the pain?

Another view

Humor can sometimes trivialize genuine suffering.

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