I used to think that everyone was just being funny. But now I don’t know. I mean, how can you tell?
—Andy Warhol, 1970
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Jokes are grievances.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1969Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678A jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597