@HeerJeet huge amounts of 18th century jokes are basically "laugh at the cripple!" or "A woman got raped! Ha!" http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo11913215.html …
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@HeerJeet basically most pre-modern popular humor was just plain horrible - see also Darnton's GREAT CAT MASSACRE (esp. on fairy tales)
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@HeerJeet luckily we now have Beetle the Bard instead.@jk_rowlingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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