Monday Dec 08, 2003

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Laughing at other people's misfortunes (especially during sex!) - it's the post-modern American way!!!

whatever

Maybe that's why I'm not a post-modern American.

blackeyed
VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
evanx:
That's not funny...you were oh-so right...
cheech:
I would generally agree with Estrada, that there's a history to negative humor; after all, the Germans coined a term for it long ago-- schadenfreude.
But in some areas, like the entertainment biz in America, it does seem like mean-spiritedness is on the rise.

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