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I've been wondering if humor, particularly the things you joke about and laugh at, is actually an act of revealing your psychological weirdness to other people (sometimes, it obviously doesnt apply to generic knock knock jokes)

For example, if you get a kick out of slapstick, you're secretly a sadist.

If you're big on self deprecating humor, you secretly hate yourself.

If your jokes are about violence, you secretly have sociopathic tendancies.

ect.

Curious as to your thoughts on this. Does it sound accurate?

And I wonder what my sense of humor means, because I generally only find totally insane and bizarre stuff funny. o.O

Thinking on the people I know and what I know of them...I'd say no.

Wasn't there some study or other that showed all comedy and humor is at the expense of others?

I dont know of the study, though it makes alot of sence. I can not think of anything humorous that is not in some way at the expence of somone.

I don't know, depends on what you mean by *expense.* When a woman gets married to the man of her dreams and laughs from being ultra happy - at who's *expense* is it?

I assume you mean by someone else's *expense* you at someone else's misfortune?

We're not talking about the state of being happy. We're discussing humor and jokes.

Its not humor you are refering to there, thats joy. There is a difference.

I dont agree that humor is always at someone's expense.

For example, this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/aaaaaaaaaaaaahaha/

Its not at anyone's expense.

That is at the expence of the poor little green dude. Just becuase its not human doesn't mean its not at someone or somehtings expence.

Gidan wrote:I dont know of the study, though it makes alot of sence. I can not think of anything humorous that is not in some way at the expence of somone.

Puns, wordplay, and nonsequiters.

Ok, how about this:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/

Whose expense is that at?:P

The badger.

You are laughing at a dancing badger.

He seems to be having a good time.

You've confused 'funny' with 'retarded'.

You've confused opinion with fact.

*post insulting everything and anything that is ever posted in an attempt to show off how cool I think I am*