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Ogtrot t1_is232vs wrote

Reply to comment by jaejmd12 in anybody know what is happening on National right outside of Mercy hospital? by Hanersapien

100% agree. Dark comedy is a proven healing tool. Sometimes referred to as trauma bonding. Comedy is going to die if everyone keeps "Will Smithing" every joke that could be interpreted as offensive through the scope of one individual with unique trauma.

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KimGardnersbossSoros t1_is2k0w3 wrote

Please share with us and the entire Reddit community the randomized, double-blind peer-reviewed journal article/study you are citing which shows that dark comedy is a proven healing tool. I doubt you can do this because it’s completely made up. Quick suggestion… If you can’t back up a stupid comment then maybe you shouldn’t post it.

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Ogtrot t1_is3lzvu wrote

I can, but I can also tell you that it has helped me personally as well as many of my friends. Weve all had some serious trauma and discuss this topic constantly. As far as data, this is where you can purchase the entire paper posted by Andrea Samson, postdoc for Stanford, circa 2011. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/02699931.2011.585069?scroll=top&needAccess=true However, should your journey for statics not be significant enough to drop that amount of money, here is an article posted by Stanford itself, discussing it in abstract: https://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/humor-coping-horror-080111.html It heals, man. It heals for reals. I hope you find a way to heal too.

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Ogtrot t1_is5q73q wrote

No reply? I gave you what you wanted @KimGardnersbossSoros

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KimGardnersbossSoros t1_is6js1b wrote

I actually posted a very long reply. Maybe you need to scroll to find it. But I will summarize it here. The paper you cited hardly correlates to the discussion at hand. Showing negative images and then measuring people‘s response based on jokes hardly corresponds to making poor tasting jokes in the face of a live tragedy. Showing still images without context to people and then measuring their response is hardly a way to bolster your argument that sick jokes help people heal.

If you actually believe what you say then one can deduce that you think it would be good to call the families of the Sandy Hook victims and tell them off-color jokes. then, when you’re criticized you can explain that you were only telling them those awful jokes in an attempt to help them heal. After all…that would be the logical conclusion to your theory.

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