August 9th, 2016

5thCircAppeals 11. A racist joke sends a message to the in-group that racism is acceptable. (If you don't find it acceptable, you're in the out-group.)

10:01 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:29 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

5thCircAppeals 6. IOW, we use humor to bring people into - or keep them out of - our social groups. This is what humor *does.* What it's for.

9:52 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:29 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

5thCircAppeals 2. You're never "just joking." Nobody is ever "just joking." Humor is a social act that performs a social function (always).

9:43 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:28 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

SMBCComics If We're 30 smbc-comics.com/comic/if-we39r… #smbc #hiveworks

10:22 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 11:23 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

oOtrinityOo Sollte ein Dämon heute meinen Körper übernehmen, dann wird er morgen früh ganz schön blöd gucken, weil er 7 Uhr einen Zahnarzttermin hat.

8:50 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:29 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

bah_lab Wow. What bad choices did we make c.1980? pic.twitter.com/68KxZYmIpb

4:56 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 8:44 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

oOtrinityOo Da trainieren die 4 Jahre für Gold und dann gewinnt ein Pferd.

8:04 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:44 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

adamgreatkind "AI's Language Problem" or, "Why I feel reasonably good that there will be a job for me in 5 years." Excellent read technologyreview.com/s/602094/ais-l…

7:49 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:43 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

thedansimonson Friedrich, Palmer, Pinkal: classifying aspect and genericity, to better understanding temporality #acl2016berlin pic.twitter.com/kRa9PXYbwj

4:34 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 5:01 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

texttheater Unser Wohlbefinden ruht auf verschiedenen Säulen, etwa der Acetylsalicylsäule.

8:47 AM, Apr 14th, 2012 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 3:27 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

durst Katze (DE), Löwe (FR), Hund (RU, KR, ES) und Bär (NL) linguisticsyall.tumblr.com/post/729945922…

2:36 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 2:37 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

niggi Jetzt frei online: Mein Stück über die Pegidahaftigkeit von Walter Krämers Sprachschutzverein VDS uebermedien.de/7099/die-pegid…

12:53 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 2:34 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

texttheater Haushaltstipp: Kein Klopapier? Einfach eine Küchenrolle mittig mit dem Schwert zerteilen.

9:42 AM, Aug 1st, 2012 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 12:30 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

emilymbender ~5% of sentiment bearing words flip polarity in a century --Hamilton at #acl2016berlin

11:57 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:11 PM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client)

labenzticker Anrath, der: Väterliche und leicht weltfremde Respektsperson, die oft und gerne die Probleme anderer Leute gedankli… labenz.texttheater.net/Anrath

11:00 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Labenzticker (retweeted on 11:02 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

personaldebatte Ich verstehe diese Menschen sehr gut, und wer sich im Streit nicht zu benehmen weiß, kriegt von mir aufs Maul! twitter.com/Les_Liah/statu…

9:11 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:07 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

sinjax Hand built form-independent semantics as the training data for machine learning systems that represent semantic primitives #acl2016berlin

9:13 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:06 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

asayeed Steedman: distributional theories can be divided into collocation- and denotation-based #nlproc #acl2016berlin

9:06 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 10:06 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

durst Der Hausarzt rumort im Kaminschacht.

8:41 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:01 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

saatchi_gallery Street Artist Mathieu Tremblin paints over ugly graffiti to make it legible. pic.twitter.com/5duRStEoFt

7:00 PM, Aug 8th, 2016 via Buffer (retweeted on 10:01 AM, Aug 9th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)