… and dissections of these humors. # Category Mismatch > [!quote] The "Argentinian economy" joke > > The great midcentury economist Simon Kuznets is said to have said (this is one of those lines that’s too good to abandon just because it may have been apocryphal) that there are four kinds of countries: ==developed countries, underdeveloped countries, Japan, and Argentina.== This form of humor mixes categorically different things into one; Japan and Argentina are elevated to categories; signifying either their importance or uniqueness. Similar jokes around “Two seasons in Canada”. I’ve heard so many variations of these, including: * Winter and July * Winter and Construction The first one is funny because July isn’t a season but is promoted to one, implying that Canadian winters are long and only July qualifies as a short summer. The second is even more absurd as Construction doesn’t even denote a timeframe. # [[2025-05-29]] [[강간 농담 성공하기]] - 안담