<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Humor can increase receptivity by reducing status... > Humor can increase receptivity by reducing status distance between speaker and audience. It becomes corrosive only when belonging is purchased through humiliation of a target. **Source:** [[livestreams/Halloween Costume Guessing Game and the Royal Philosophy - Workbook|Halloween Costume Guessing Game and the Royal Philosophy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Humor can increase receptivity by reducing status distance between speaker and audience. It becomes corrosive only when belonging is purchased through humiliation of a target.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-humor-increase-receptivity-purchased-humiliation-target ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->