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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

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Having a sense of humor often shows a person's ability to think creatively and see things from unique perspectives. This connection suggests that humor reflects a kind of intelligence or insight that is characteristic of genius.

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Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.