60k kids have avoided peanut allergies due to 2015 advice, study finds

I think I’ve heard three different comedians make a joke out of this saying if we just gave all the kids peanut butter the problem would eventually take care of itself.

But it’s not actually a joke.

I guess that’s the weird thing about jokes. They often get very close to something that is true but they come at it sideways, so it’s funny instead.

Freud said we laugh at things that are true

I believe he meant that people make jokes to cover/approach things they actually feel or fear. I recall when I first heard this that all of a sudden my friends were struggling with more things than they let on. She’s always joking about money. He’s always joking about his sexuality… uh oh.