The Importance of Humour as A Form of Stress Relief
Damilola Aliu (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer On the 20th of October 2020, in Lagos Nigeria, the police opened fire on peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate. Prior to this, protesters had taken to the streets of Lagos to protest against the rampant cases of police brutality perpetrated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). […]
Humour Therapy for Stress
Grace Cheng (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Humour has an inexplicable power. Laughter and humour enhance the quality of life. Jokes and witty conversations can help you develop a closer relationship with the people around you. The happiness that comes from laughter is comparable to the joy that comes from the rain in the […]
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Possible Side Effects
Christy Braybrook (she/her/hers], Low Entropy Volunteer Writer We all struggle with issues that arise in our lives, whether related to family issues, mental health or financial concerns — the list could go on and on. What makes us different is how we cope with these issues, and not all coping strategies are healthy. People […]
Crying, Laughing and Joking Through Hard Times: What We do to Cope
Cecilia Watt (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer “If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry” is a sentence that finds its way out of us, sometimes as an assertion, sometimes as a piece of sage advice, or most often, as an explanation. In an age where the United States’ children are banned from eating Kinder Surprise […]
Everyday Humor
Fatimah Aderinto, Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Have you ever brewed a good joke in your head and spilled it with the slightest hope that it would tickle your audience’s funny bone? While the intent of a joke should be to express humor and interact with other people, I note that one needs not be […]
Dealing with Insensitivity in Comedy
Pamela Musoke (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer What is inappropriate when it comes to comedy? I know this is a question that will stand the test of time. Even among my family, we continually debate about what we consider crossing the line. And sooner or later, it becomes heated! So before it escalates to […]
Too Far Gone
Eri Ikezawa (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer The sociopolitical landscape has changed rapidly in the past few decades, and it has impacted several different avenues of life as people used to know it. Representation in commercials and beauty standards is more prominent, microaggressions against people of color have become more easily recognized. Voices of […]
Dad Jokes — Why Are Bad Jokes So Bad but Also So Great?
Graham Thurgood, Volunteer Content Writer You don’t want to laugh at eye-roll inducing dad jokes, but you do. Why is that? We’ve all done it when we’ve heard them. The eye roll. It’s a common reaction when someone tells a “dad joke.” Two guys walk into a bar. The third […]
The Art of Self-Deprecation
Cristina Crescenzo (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer I will openly admit that there have been countless times where individuals have shrunk my self-worth down to the size of a marble, and I compare it to a marble because despite its size, I think it still has a little durability left. I am also not […]