Jill Braithwaite
@jillb.bsky.social
Into art, film, literature, tennis, big bodies of fresh water, and dog walks.
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A while back I wrote about how “white” humor overvalues the status of the speaker and undervalues involuntary, or ‘belly’, laughter, and that’s why so many terrible takes exist under the cover of “it’s just a joke”. When jokes don’t have to be funny, they’re just another tool plausible deniability.
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A while back I wrote about how “white” humor overvalues the status of the speaker and undervalues involuntary, or ‘belly’, laughter, and that’s why so many terrible takes exist under the cover of “it’s just a joke”. When jokes don’t have to be funny, they’re just another tool plausible deniability.
me too - so curious about whether it was an accidentally sent draft or a decision only semi-related to weather or simply the gift of foresight
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
me too - so curious about whether it was an accidentally sent draft or a decision only semi-related to weather or simply the gift of foresight
Thank you good sir
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thank you good sir