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A few takes on Humor It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.
~Oscar Wilde If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. ~Mahatma Ghandi Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. ~Aristotle Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. ~Robert Benchley Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ~Will Rogers Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. ~Langston Hughes Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. ~Francis Bacon One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. ~Jean de la Bruyère The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. ~Socrates Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The man of understanding finds everything laughable. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. ~Freeman John Dyson It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. ~Max Forrester Eastman It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously. ~Stephen Fry I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people. ~Jack Handey A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ~Georg Christopher Lichtenberg At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. ~Eric Idle I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another? ~Theodore M. Hesburgh tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. ~Robert Benchley | |
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One explanation of humour is based on the fact that a great deal of humour is a consequence of language. Language is an approximation of thoughts through symbolic manipulation, and the gap between the expectations inherent in those symbols and the breaking of those expectations leads to laughter. Irony is explicitly this form of comedy, whereas slapstick takes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with them. In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up of language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Once the problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediately begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been mocked. This is one explanation why jokes are often funny only when told the first time.
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2the9s said: theAudience said: Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. ~Robert Benchley He's great. I love Jaws. It was so much better than the movie. | |
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ThreadBare said: 2the9s said: He's great. I love Jaws. It was so much better than the movie. That's funny because you take two people with the same last name and playfully conflate them to comedic effect. | |
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2the9s said: ThreadBare said: He's great. I love Jaws. It was so much better than the movie. That's funny because you take two people with the same last name and playfully conflate them to comedic effect. That's funny because you've been wanting all week to use "conflate" in a sentence. | |
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ThreadBare said: 2the9s said: That's funny because you take two people with the same last name and playfully conflate them to comedic effect. That's funny because you've been wanting all week to use "conflate" in a sentence. That's funny because you mock my pretentiousness, making me seem the fool to an audience of countless strangers. | |
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2the9s said: ThreadBare said: That's funny because you've been wanting all week to use "conflate" in a sentence. That's funny because you mock my pretentiousness, making me seem the fool to an audience of countless strangers. That's funny because you're stranger than us all. | |
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ThreadBare said: 2the9s said: That's funny because you mock my pretentiousness, making me seem the fool to an audience of countless strangers. That's funny because you're stranger than us all. That isn't funny at all! | |
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2the9s said: ThreadBare said: That's funny because you're stranger than us all. That isn't funny at all! You're quite right. It's actually very serious. | |
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I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another?
~Theodore M. Hesburgh This one is my favorite and good words of wisdom to live by. I needed that today, tA. Thanks! "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
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You're quite welcome.
I figured it might be needed after the "Bikini" thread. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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I think the bikini post kinda went somewhere it was not initally meant to, but keeping a light heart is always a good thing. And so was this post.
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
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Why no quotes from women? Are you trying to be funny?!? The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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jone70 said: Why no quotes from women? Are you trying to be funny?!?
C'mon now. I was more concerned about what was being said, not who said it. And how the hell are you? tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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And now I know, and knowing is half the battle. Jeux Sans Frontiers | |
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2the9s said: ThreadBare said: That's funny because you're stranger than us all. That isn't funny at all! | |
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UncleGrandpa said: And now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
Always. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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This thread is much appreciated from everybody, I think. | |
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2the9s said: One explanation of humour is based on the fact that a great deal of humour is a consequence of language. Language is an approximation of thoughts through symbolic manipulation, and the gap between the expectations inherent in those symbols and the breaking of those expectations leads to laughter. Irony is explicitly this form of comedy, whereas slapstick takes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with them. In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up of language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Once the problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediately begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been mocked. This is one explanation why jokes are often funny only when told the first time.
you're so smart and interesting. | |
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2the9s said: One explanation of humour is based on the fact that a great deal of humour is a consequence of language. Language is an approximation of thoughts through symbolic manipulation, and the gap between the expectations inherent in those symbols and the breaking of those expectations leads to laughter. Irony is explicitly this form of comedy, whereas slapstick takes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with them. In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up of language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Once the problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediately begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been mocked. This is one explanation why jokes are often funny only when told the first time.
I had to read this a few times but it is one plausible explanation. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: jone70 said: Why no quotes from women? Are you trying to be funny?!?
C'mon now. I was more concerned about what was being said, not who said it. And how the hell are you? tA I know, I was just giving you a hard time. Things in NYC are fine, thanks for asking. The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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jone70 said: theAudience said: C'mon now. I was more concerned about what was being said, not who said it. And how the hell are you? tA I know, I was just giving you a hard time. Things in NYC are fine, thanks for asking. Good to hear that things are going well for you. And I know you were just razzin' me. But you know, me being a B'klyn born and raised kid, I wasn't gonna take that lying down. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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kidelrich said: This thread is much appreciated from everybody, I think.
That's good to know. Sometimes we all need to just step back and lighten it up a bit. Generally, I don't think anyone here intentionally means to be vicious or cruel to a particular person/group. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Two men are walking down the street, one walks into a bar but the other ducked. News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so. You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop. | |
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theAudience said: kidelrich said: This thread is much appreciated from everybody, I think.
That's good to know. Sometimes we all need to just step back and lighten it up a bit. Generally, I don't think anyone here intentionally means to be vicious or cruel to a particular person/group. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 Thanks. You're the voice of reason. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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AnckSuNamun said: Thanks. You're the voice of reason.
Thank you. Although some might say, The Voice of Treason. Guess it's a matter of perspective. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: AnckSuNamun said: Thanks. You're the voice of reason.
Thank you. Although some might say, The Voice of Treason. Guess it's a matter of perspective. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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2the9s said: One explanation of humour is based on the fact that a great deal of humour is a consequence of language. Language is an approximation of thoughts through symbolic manipulation, and the gap between the expectations inherent in those symbols and the breaking of those expectations leads to laughter. Irony is explicitly this form of comedy, whereas slapstick takes more passive social norms relating to physicality and plays with them. In other words, comedy is a sign of a 'bug' in the symbolic make-up of language, as well as a self-correcting mechanism for such bugs. Once the problem in meaning has been described through a joke, people immediately begin correcting their impressions of the symbols that have been mocked. This is one explanation why jokes are often funny only when told the first time.
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