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When humor crosses lines you did not see

I accidentally made a joke during a work presentation about something serious and everyone laughed but I could see it hurt my colleague and I do not know how to take it back.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The moment when playful irreverence causes unintended harm requires a reckoning with the responsibility that comes with the power to influence others' emotional states.

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