312: The Harm in Humor: What April Fool’s Taught Us About Kindness
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🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Corrine and Neil open up about a topic that doesn’t often get talked about seriously: the dark side of humor. From painful middle school memories to grown-up mistakes made in a split second on social media, they get real about the fine line between making people laugh and unintentionally hurting someone’s feelings.
They talk candidly about why April Fool’s Day can feel triggering, how jokes at someone else’s expense often backfire, and how a quick laugh isn’t worth the cost of someone’s dignity. They also share powerful examples from their own life—moments they regret and lessons they’ve learned—plus what it really looks like to repent, repair, and aim for more thoughtful humor.
The episode touches on everything from text group slip-ups to the brilliance of comedians like Nate Bargatze and the legacy of Robin Williams. It’s a message about leading with kindness, thinking before speaking, and how humor, when used well, can still bring light and connection without leaving anyone behind.
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| 0:30.3 | You already know this, but maybe, you know, some of my friends or family don't. |
| 0:35.4 | I feel like most of my family knows too but I hate April |
| 0:38.6 | Fool's Day like the whole entire day I just dread you know being duped or tricked or |
| 0:44.8 | feeling stupid I think it's that like just fear of humiliation that I carry around from childhood |
| 0:53.8 | from adolescence really like, like from this, like, incident |
| 0:58.1 | that I still cannot let go of. I've talked about it on the podcast before, but I think that's |
| 1:03.0 | where my dislike for April Fool's Day comes from. But I have, so what we're going to talk |
| 1:09.3 | about today is just like humor can be harmful, like it can hurt people. But I have, so what we're going to talk about today is just like humor can be |
| 1:11.6 | harmful, like it can hurt people. And I have, sure, like, been a victim of it or whatever, but I've also |
| 1:18.7 | been the perpetrator. Like, I've also done things that have hurt other people's feelings. And I think |
| 1:25.4 | that there's extremes to all things. Like you can |
| 1:29.2 | take, you know, people take things way too personally. I mean, we just talked about taking offense |
| 1:35.1 | last week. And at the same time, I just think that a lot of times when people do things, |
| 1:40.7 | they think they're funny. They later realize like, oh, that actually really hurt |
| 1:45.5 | that person's feelings or made them feel stupid. And I think where we've got to, you know, take a |
| 1:51.9 | pause and think is just when there are jokes or things that hurt people and make them feel bad. |
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