“Unearth the Humor: 80 Dark History Memes That Will Make You Laugh and Gasp!”
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If you can laugh at comics, jokes or memes about death, disaster and destruction, you might just have a dark sense of humor. Also known as Black Humor, Dictionary.com defines it as “a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.”
The dictionary also notes that “Black humor is a kind of comedy that jokes about serious or depressing topics, such as hopelessness, suffering, or death. The ‘black’ in ‘black humor’ refers to the dark or depressing subject matter that is central to such comedy.”
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A study published in the journal Cognitive Processing found that someone’s reaction to dark humor might very well indicate their level of intelligence. The Austrian researchers said dark humor purveyors may have higher IQs, show lower aggression and resist negative feelings better than those who don’t like twisted jokes.
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156 people took part in the study. 76 females and 80 males, with different levels of education. Each person was shown 12 cartoons depicting various types of dark humor. The cartoons came from German artist Uli Stein’s “The Black Book”. The participants were asked if they understood the jokes and whether they found them funny. They also did some IQ tests and had their mood and aggressive tendencies assessed.
