thomblake comments on The many faces of status - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 16 April 2010 06:44:51PM 1 point [-]

Actually, cheating in any social games angers people. Note that telling bad jokes provokes violence.

Comment author: HughRistik 16 April 2010 07:53:39PM 3 points [-]

"What did the big chimney say to the little chimney?

"Nothing, chimneys can't talk."

Did anyone else actually find the joke in the article really funny?

P.S. Don't hurt me.

Comment author: thomblake 16 April 2010 08:05:14PM 0 points [-]

I found the joke funny the first time I heard it. When it was "What did the banana say to the elephant"!

Comment author: mattnewport 16 April 2010 06:48:12PM 0 points [-]

Interesting. I'd argue that to a first approximation all social games are status games however.

Comment author: thomblake 16 April 2010 06:57:38PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the case made by that researcher regarding the jokes, anyway.