Am I advocating ribbing as a coping strategy ?

我是在提倡把开玩笑当作对策吗？

I only gave her a ribbing , but she took it seriously .

我只是跟她开个玩笑，可她却当真了。

" I only gave her a ribbing , but she took it seriously "

我只是跟她开个玩笑，可她却当真了

I had been ribbing him about something he had written for our local newspaper .

关于他给我们当地报纸写过的东西，我一直跟他开玩笑。

There are certain countries and cultures around the world where political ribbing is totally banned .

在全世界，某些国家和文化中，政治玩笑是完全被禁止的。