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In plain terms, what does benign-violation theory predict for a joke or gag I am writing, and where does the open literature say the theory stops working?

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Open sources state the theory as: something is funny when it seems wrong (a violation) and also okay (benign). Use it as a checklist of two appraisals and of severity and distance, not as a proven rule: the open sources read here report that severity, social distance, power and culture shift what counts as benign, that some jokes with non-benign violations were still rated funny, and that no independent non-moral test was readable.

Open sources state the theory as: something is funny when it seems wrong (a violation) and also okay (benign). Use it as a checklist of two appraisals and of severity and distance, not as a proven rule: the open sources read here report that severity, social distance, power and culture shift what counts as benign, that some jokes with non-benign violations were still rated funny, and that no independent non-moral test was readable. Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; benign-violation as a two-appraisal checklist, not a proven rule; distance moderation disagreement (McGraw 2012 vs Franchin 2023) kept. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Open sources state the theory as: something is funny when it seems wrong (a violation) and also okay (benign). Use it as a checklist of two appraisals and of severity and distance, not as a proven rule: the open sources read here report that severity, social distance, power and culture shift what counts as benign, that some jokes with non-benign violations were still rated funny, and that no independent non-moral test was readable. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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