Some Wise Words from Jim Norton

Norton, who occasionally contributes, previously wrote about, respectively, Jay Leno and Charlie Hebdo. This time around, it’s not so much Noah that is on the Norton agenda as it is the social media world’s out-of-control obsession with “Whoa!”

The Norton article slug summarizes it perfectly:

We’re addicted to the rush of being offended

Towards the end of the piece, Norton, who knows a thing or two about jokes that make one half of the room raise whoop and the other half drop jaw, fleshes out that sentiment:

When we can’t purposefully get our feelings hurt by a comedian, we usually find another, albeit less satisfying, source of indignation.