Do babies and infants get trolling? (lemmy.world)

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Do they understand and actually bona fide engage in trolling?

If not linguistically than in what they do?

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[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Kids love laughing. Comedy is all about subterfuge and up-ending expectations. "Trolling" is the same. Kids make up the worst unfunny jokes as they don't understand what makes a joke funny instead of ridiculous, but they do understand the art of the unexpected.

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