"Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated."

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... I think that I was too self-centered to ever develop good skills as a peacemaker. In my younger days, I assumed that it was because I was smarter than everyone else, with no patience for explaining things in short words for mouthbreathers who just didn't get it.

— Cory Doctorow