{"id":9640,"date":"2020-05-04T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:31:14","slug":"humor-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/health-maintenance\/humor-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor During Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"articleHeader__header--33bcg\">\n<div class=\"articleHeader__headerContainer--3-d7e\">\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9641\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2020\/04\/Humor-in-crisis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"191\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"articleHeader__title--1OFB2\">Laughter During a Pandemic: Why People Turn to Humor During a Crisis<\/h1>\n<div>Many things have changed because of the current pandemic, but one thing has remained a constant for several people: humor. From memes about how our hair will look when all of this is over, to cartoony talking toilet paper GIFs, plenty of jokes exist.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"articleBody__componentWrapper--3_dZV\">\n<div class=\"articleBody__wrapper--3f_4-\">\n<div class=\"articleBody__inner--9RVcu\">\n<div class=\"articleBody__content--1Cv9L rich-text\">\n<p>Why do people turn to humor during tough and fearful times, especially when it pokes fun of the very fear-inducing uncertainties we\u2019re anxious about in the first place? Is this really the time for virus puns and cheeky song remakes about hands touching hands?<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/thriveglobal.com\/stories\/laughter-during-a-pandemic-why-people-turn-to-humor-during-a-crisis\/\">thriveglobal.com\/stories\/laughter-during-a-pandemic-why-people-turn-to-humor-during-a-crisis\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughter During a Pandemic: Why People Turn to Humor During a Crisis Many things have changed because of the current pandemic, but one thing has remained a constant for several people: humor. 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