MOSCOW, Idaho -- There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of ...

Forget humiliation, a bad joke might get you smacked; study finds bad humor triggers hostility MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — There’s a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State ...

There is a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a linguist at Washington State University found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility ...

“My husband made a failed attempt at humor last week when checking in with a small business that helps with our boat and dock up north," Whitmer said at a press conference Tuesday. “Knowing it ...

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that her husband made a failed attempt at humor when he asked a boat contractor whether his status as Michigan's "First Gentleman" would help him ...

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? Fortunately, you don’t have to tell sidesplitting jokes to make humor work for you. You can learn to think like a comedian instead.

Humor has been around for as long as there has been humanity -- and considering that chimps and other primates laugh, humor has likely been around even longer than that. In comparison, psychological ...

Humor is such an important source of happiness and well-being that you’d think its definition would generally be agreed upon. In fact, this has not been case. Even laughter and humor researchers tend ...

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