Comment to Lead Blog (Madelyn)


I found the Twitter account that Madelyn wrote her blog on this week to be quite funny. I think that part of the reason I am able to find this account funny is because I was not badly affected by the hurricane and I think that it is easier for people to laugh at things that did not have dramatic impacts on their life. Regardless, I believe that the posts from this account are perfect examples of relief theory. I agree with Madelyn that this account was probably a great source for people to turn to and get a laugh at after they watched the news. Around the time of the hurricane, watching the news evoked a lot of sad emotions for the people whose homes would be endangered by the storm. Additionally, people felt tense thinking about the hurricane and knowing that the path and category of the storm could change at any minute. However, I think that this uncertainty about the storm gave people the perfect opportunity to make fun of the whole situation. Of course Twitter made sure to take advantage of this opportunity to make a joke. It seemed that people were making jokes to insult and make fun of the hurricane itself. Examples of this are seen by how people wrote messages to the hurricane on the boards they put up to protect windows and in other hurricane accounts addressing the upcoming storm. Madelyn used the example of hurricane Issac tweeting at hurricane Florence saying “are you gonna hit or nah.” I think that this example shows a bit of superiority theory because of how hurricane Issac seems to be coming at hurricane Florence and challenging him in a sense. Although, I can also see relief theory in this joke because of how they are making light of an otherwise devastating event.

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  1. Shane HerronOctober 19, 2018 at 9:59 AM

    That's interesting that you think it's superiority addressed toward the storm. I saw some people suggesting that maybe we are feeling superior to the people affected, but I think your argument is compelling too.

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  2. UnknownOctober 21, 2018 at 1:16 PM

    I also think it is interesting how you see the superiority addressed toward the storm at some points. I had really only thought of the superiority towards the people who were affected but with the hurricanes "challenging" each other, I can see where you are coming from.

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