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Re:Scott Adams has died by jpadkins on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:52AM (#46617481)
I've observed that a lot of left wing socialists have a hard time getting humor or taking a joke. I think there is some underlying personality trait that might cause both aspects.
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Re:Scott Adams has died by cloudfudge on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:41PM (#46619233)
I suspect this tendency is not correlated to political leaning in any way, and the suggestion that it is says more about how you want to perceive people of a particular leaning than anything about them.
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Re:Scott Adams has died by jpadkins on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:00PM (#46641249)
There is a lot of research that personality traits on political leanings are correlated. So maybe that same common cause also affects humor?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3809096/#:~:text=Th...

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Re:Scott Adams has died by dennis_jeeves2 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @01:25PM (#46620161)
>I think there is some underlying personality trait that might cause both aspects.

Low intelligence?

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