Then again, don't we often laugh off disruptive technologies when they first appear?

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We often laugh and dismiss the mentally ill in America, choosing to cross the street when we see the homeless veteran screaming and cussing at anyone who walks by.

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We often laugh at the things that get missed.

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The last laugh, as so often, will be had by Mr Castro.

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Yet they often have the last laugh.

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Does your child seem to laugh, smile or express excitement more often than his or her peers?

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Most of us, when we encounter such ideas often shrug our shoulders, ignore or laugh about it.

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But often English behaviour, which is dismissed as a laugh, proves deeply offensive to other cultures.

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He often said to me ' All I ever wanted to do was make people laugh'.

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Cartoons often use stereotypes as a tool to make a point, or get a laugh.

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For Judge Rakoff, a 68-year-old musical theater buff, the bench is often a stage where he tells stories and unleashes punch lines with a throaty laugh.

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