Nyuck Nyuck
mid-afternoon on Tuesday, the 4th of November 2008 by Capt Jake Fortune
Who has a better sense of humor? Of course it is conservatives rather than the uptight “speech code” liberals.
Tierney cites a study by MIT behavioral scientist Dan Ariely, who ran 22 jokes by 285 Bostonians and discovered that, lo and behold, conservatives are better humored — at least about the funnies.
Using a scale from 1 to 9, in which 1 indicated "not at all funny" and 9 was "hilarious," conservatives gave an average rating of 5 and liberals gave an average rating of 4.32 to three religious jokes Ariely told them, Tierney writes. Conservatives also liked the golf jokes better, as well as three "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey (who doesn’t think that guy’s a hoot?).
The money quote:
"This means that liberals are not finding life to be funnier, but they think they are."
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November 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Liberals were probably too busy trying to figure out who should be offended to actually enjoy the jokes.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
katie.. so true..
And another thought.. conservatives like guns.. not libs.. so maybe that is another connection? grin..