Tuesday October 02, 2007
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Tuesday October 02, 2007 | Old People Lose Their Sense of Humor | Humor |
Recent research shows that as you get older you lose your sense of humor. Quoting the article:
Humor comprehension
in older adults functions in a different fashion than humor
comprehension in younger adults. The researchers studied older adults
from a
university subject pool as well as undergraduate students. The
subjects
participated in tests that indicated their ability to complete
jokes accurately as well as
tests that indicated their cognitive
capabilities in areas of abstract
reasoning, short-term memory, and
cognitive flexibility. Overall, older adults
demonstrated lower
performance on both tests of cognitive ability as well as tests of
humor comprehension than did younger adults.
If you need more proof, look no further than this blog. Aging Led Zeppelin fans are still trying to lynch me with a cactus for that posting. They would have caught me, too, but the tennis balls kept falling off their walkers.
I think the real issue isn't how good Zeppelin is or was, but that by recognizing that the band is now old, then they, the fans, are also old. No one wants to face that.
Of course they are not that old, but if people can give me Depends for my 30th birthday then I can make fun of Zeppelin 30 years after they last toured in the US. It's the law - look it up.
Tags: aging humor led tour zeppelin
October 02, 2007 02:36 PM PDT Permalink | Comments [3] |
Sunday July 01, 2007 | Dilbert: Our Future President | Humor |
Scott Adams' blog today asks readers to post comments containing pictures of the presidential candidates today, and then in 8 years, should they become president. Adams' says that looks are important, so we need a preview of what they would look like in 8 years so we can make an informed vote now.
Here are my entries:
Presidential Candidates Now and After Eight Years as President
John Edwards:
Before: 
After: 
Mitt Romney:
Before: 
After: 
Barack Obama:
Before: 
After: 
Dennis Kucinich:
Before: 
After: 
Al Gore:
Before: 
After: 
Or Maybe: 
Then: 
Hillary Clinton:
Before: 
After: 
Then: 
Tags: aging dilbert election president scott+adams
July 01, 2007 11:44 AM PDT Permalink | Comments [0] |
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