No Joking Matter: Discursive Struggle in the Canadian Refugee System

Tweet Content Related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases: No Joking Matter

BACKGROUND Online social media, such as the microblogging site Twitter, have become a space for speedy exchange of information regarding sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), presenting a potential risk environment for how STDs are portrayed. Examining the types of "tweeters" (users who post messages on Twitter) and the nature of "tweet" messages is important for identifying how information rel...

Only joking

I have always wanted to invent the perfect practical joke. All jokes are based on making a shift in the assumptions of the listeners and then guiding them by sheer force of logic to consequences that are so ludicrous that the real world can only be restored by laughter. Thus: two Martians met in the street, and one said, “What’s your name?” The other replied, “29876 – 82”, to which the first sa...

Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS), No. 19 − Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugee and Displaced Populations Table of Contents

Compulsive Joking

Sir, Compulsive rituals or acts are stereotyped behaviors that are neither enjoyable nor do they result in the completion of inherently useful tasks (World Health Organization, 1992). Herein we report a patient who presented to us with a rare compulsion of cutting jokes, a phenomenon which is unknown in the literature. A 32 year old male, well adjusted premorbidly, having no contributing past a...

Hughlings Jackson on joking.

‘Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other hunter whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says “Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says “OK, n...