what makes something funny?
It's dangerous but harmless.
If it's lol
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Observing something that violates your expection/anticipation and having to immediately respond to it subconsciously before your conscious part of your brain has reasoned and rationalized it is where I'd say emotion in general comes from. Homour/laughter is I believe generally when we initially expect a very serious or consequential outcome but are surprised by something trivial intead. It's like some peculiar form of being underwhelmed
timing
>>1263240
And it's all about the timing.
>>1263272
And structure.
Did you hear?
love and irony
but sincerity above all
>>1263259
I just pretended to read and then I told him it was "interesting."
Comedy starts with the "Ha," which identifies the situation as comedic. The "Ha" is followed by the "Guffaw." This creates anticipation. Next, there is the "Aw," to condition your audience for surprise at the final element, the "Ha-Ha." Now does it make sense?
your Mother's fat ass
>>1263233
A) if it is not normal.
Cake does not belong in face.
B) if it is sad
Take any joke you can think of. By dissecting it, you will find at the ground something grim, dark, sad, potentially catastrophic. This is a rule for about 80% of jokes and applies to around 99% of "jokes" on the internet. It is not easy to be objective enough at first, to see it always, as it's an ability one has to train.
Absurdity. For example implying blacks can into civilization.
>>1264238
Look man
I hate blacks too but don't turn this shit into /pol/
>>1263233
Someone laughing at it. But it's only funny to the person laughing.
>>1263233
Other people's pain.
> what makes something funny?
The sense of humor.
>>1263233
>what makes something funny?
Simple. Unexpected lack of seriuosness.
>>1263233
It tickles my funny bone.
