humor – El Estoque

Is it a racist joke or just a joke about race?

Meggie Chen • April 17, 2023

Exploring the nuances and morals of race jokes

A memes to an end

Lillian Wang • November 5, 2022

Investigating the influence of Internet humor on politics

Man on the street: April Fools’ edition

Mikaylah Du and Shivani Madhan • April 1, 2022

Asking MVHS students incredibly serious questions on this incredibly serious occasion

Internet humor unites generations

Kripa Mayureshwar • December 12, 2021

Examining the evolution and influence of humor communicated over the internet

Captured giggles

Shivani Gupta, Entertainment editor • March 13, 2020

Asking MVHS students about their funniest photo and what makes them laugh

What’s MVHS laughing at

Shivani Gupta, Robert Liu, Anjali Singh, Stuti Upadhyay, and Sean Yagi • March 13, 2020

Exploring the various sources of humor at MVHS

The dark side of funny

Oishee Misra and Helen Chao • October 24, 2018

Perspectives on the appropriateness of dark humor

Self-deprecating humor

Claire Wen and Lakshanyaa Ganesh • October 24, 2018

A witty comment or two to entertain a bored audience, to relieve an awkward silence or to have a shield to bounce back on after an embarrassing moment. Humor is the natural human response to something...

Michelle Wolf hunts down the white house at the Correspondents Dinner

Nathan Stevens • May 16, 2018

While I love the White House Correspondents Dinner for its celebration of young journalists and the First Amendment, I can’t help but look forward to the yearly roast of Washington’s A-list as well....

Made of Memes

Priya Reddy • April 17, 2017

Looking at how our humor has changed through memes

Gore, guts and LOLs

Shreya Shankar • October 14, 2009

Girls like a sense of humor, not a zombie dripping blood. Someone let the boys in on this. Asked to outline the ideal man, Venusians have always put a sense of humor at the top of the list...

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