Podcasts Technology Endless Thread Jokes, Part II: Stand Up

Jokes, Part II: Stand Up

Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 9 a.m.

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The first documented bar joke was copied onto a clay tablet 4,000 years ago in the ancient language of Sumerian. Scholars have translated it, but the meaning remains lost. After the Twitter account @DepthsOfWiki posted the joke in March, thousands of people attempted to decipher it to no avail.

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Yet, as cryptic as the bar joke may be, it offers clues into humor\\u2019s role in human civilizations and raises questions about when humor \\u2014 and its sibling laughter \\u2014 first emerged.

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In this episode, the second of two parts, Endless Thread continues its journey attempting to deconstruct the beginnings of humor and explain an unexplainable joke from the forgotten tablets of the past.

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******\\nCredits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.\\n

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