If you only laugh at jokes, then you’re not taking them seriously enough. Jokes have functions. “I don’t suffer from insanity – I enjoy every minute of it!” (That’s releasing stress.) “Mixed emotions ...

The humble smiley face emoticon, now a staple of online communication, owes its origin to a physics joke that didn't hit quite right at Carnegie Mellon University in 1982—and the three days of ...

I hadn't realised that the emoji terminology was separate for a separate implementation. I thought "the kids" were just smushing everything together. I'll be more understanding in future, but you'll ...