Interpersonal Difference

The packet has over the last few weeks been busy trying to meet a work-related milestone. It would be mildly therapeutic to rant about the challenges of our schedule but this would be both indiscreet and tedious.

Consequently, any non-work time has been spent with friends instead of more terminal time to blog or debug. (Note how the chrome plugin has not received any maintenance.)

In this time, the packet has become aware of an aspect of human behavior which differs hugely between his friends: their respective acceptance (or even enjoyment) of off-colour humor. The existence of such a variation is not surprising. But its magnitude did surprise.

Like all such musings, this one too has an associated yasp: how can one test for such a thing, quantify its intensity and correlate it with other personality aspects?

The packet must now peruse the psychology literature.