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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1874123" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Humour is often used to defuse tension when we feel anxious or uncomfortable about a subject. One comedic device is to take a small 'truth'and exaggerate it.</p><p></p><p>The comedian on The News Quiz said, "I understand that the child obesity crisis is a thing we need to worry about" (uncomfortable subject/true) and followed it by "You can go into Clintons Cards and buy balloons that say, 'Type 2 Today'" (uncomfortable subject/exaggeration of the tendency of Card Shops to find a card for every occasion). <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bgmy02" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bgmy02</a></p><p></p><p>I think the joke was aimed at Card Shops, not people with diabetes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1874123, member: 52527"] Humour is often used to defuse tension when we feel anxious or uncomfortable about a subject. One comedic device is to take a small 'truth'and exaggerate it. The comedian on The News Quiz said, "I understand that the child obesity crisis is a thing we need to worry about" (uncomfortable subject/true) and followed it by "You can go into Clintons Cards and buy balloons that say, 'Type 2 Today'" (uncomfortable subject/exaggeration of the tendency of Card Shops to find a card for every occasion). [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bgmy02[/URL] I think the joke was aimed at Card Shops, not people with diabetes. [/QUOTE]
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