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Letter XI of The Screwtape Letters, in which Screwtape distinguishes between the "Joke Proper" and "Flippancy," is relevant here: "Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. . . . It is a thousand miles away from joy: it deadens, instead of sharpening the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it." [http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=774]

'''Flippancy''' is the sixth letter of The [[Screwetape Letters]], in which Screwetape distinguishes between the "Joke Proper" and "Flippancy," is relevant here: "Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. . . . It is a thousand [[mile]]s away from joy: it deadens, instead of sharpening the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it." [http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=774]

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