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The Serious Consequences of Being Funny (Microaggression and the Risks of Humor in the Workplace)
Done right, humor in the workplace has lots of benefits — reduced stress and more creativity, to name a few. Unfortunately, as anyone who has been the target of a joke knows (and we’ve all been there), humor can also be particularly effective at making people feel excluded. And at