Whether or not it seems appropriate under certain circumstances, most situations, like most people, can benefit from a good laugh. A funny, timely comment can lift a mood, diffuse tension, or make a ...

I’ve been studying humor as an academic for a couple of decades now. I’ve written a doctoral dissertation about it, published articles about it, given talks about it, and am an avid consumer of ...

Some Gen Zers have openly mocked millennial humor as being cringe and outdated. Meanwhile millennials have begun appealing to Reddit for help as they're baffled by the humor behind Gen Z memes. Gen Z ...

Have the British a peculiar sense of humor? A solemn inquiry into that footless but fascinating question has been doggedly conducted, amid the fury of World War II, by British Psychologist H. J.

Whether humor is deadpan, like in “The Big Lebowski”; surreal, à la Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave”; or observational, as typified by “Seinfeld,” there’s a comedy style out there to tickle ...

If you're the type of person who cracks jokes at the dinner table, answers your kids' existential questions with a touch of the absurd, or invents silly songs while tidying up, you may be giving them ...