Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> I didn't find it particularly funny, either.
>
I once read an analysis that humor is a product of tragedy and time
(1st approximation), or tragedy, time and distance.

As an example, the author of the text quoted a joke about Jewish Slavery 
in Ancient Egypt [very funny], and compared it with Black Slavery in the 
XIX Century [not funny].

Alberto Monteiro

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