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Wed Jul 16, 2008, 5:11 PM
the following is a musing on humor i recently posted in my Facebook group "it's just a joke, damnit."



i remember hearing once a theory that the reason we laugh is because of discomfort, or something along those lines. now if you think about this, it actually makes sense. most everything we conceder funny has something uncomfortable about it.


nut shots are funny, but uncomfortable for the person getting kicked in the balls -and every man who's ever shared that experience.

farts are funny, but uncomfortable for everyone who has to smell them.

innuendo is funny, but uncomfortable because we're all a little squeamish about sex for some reason.

pointing out each-other's shortcomings is funny, but uncomfortable because we're all human beings with feelings.

cheese is funny, but uncomfortable to think that it's a product of rotting milk.

puns are funny, but so uncomfortable they cause you to groan rather than laugh.

Jesus jokes are funny, but uncomfortable because it's Jesus.

the pool's closed is funny, but uncomfortable due to AIDS.

jokes about politicians are funny, but uncomfortable to think that we're letting such idiots run the country.

placing children's characters in adult situations is funny, but uncomfortable because it destroys our childhood.

Jackass is funny, but uncomfortable to think those guys are getting paid to do all that.




(you're welcome to join the group, but don't expect me to suddenly be adding all of you to my friends list. it's not that i don't love my fans, but you gotta get to know me first and vice versa before i'm gonna add you.)

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Holy shit we've found the answer.
all good points. ... ... ... that is all :)

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Those are great. c:
:rofl: This journal is funny... I don't know how I can continue it.
The ball-shot one is so true, everytime I see that happen I can't but laugh and at the same time think "it would suck if it was me." Also, I love the part about the politiciens.

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:? I don't get the "pool's closed" one.

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"There is nothing more brutal and grotesque than raising children."
one of those little internet jokes. kinda like an inside joke, but not really.

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Hm, you do seem to have a point there.

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Fat jokes are funny, but uncomfortable since the majority eats at McDonalds

Furry jokes are funny, but uncomfortable because of animal rape

Retard jokes are funny, but uncomfortable because everyone is "Special"

Forgein jokes are funny, but uncomfortable since the majority comes from somewhere else

Jokes are funny, but uncomfortable because they're actually lame
*generic rant about Facebook sucking*

Right so. I honestly don't care if Jesus is Jesus, having been raised Jewish and... currently being an atheist. And yet Jesus jokes are still funny.

And cheese is not funny. D:

Pointing out eachothers shortcomings is funny because in all honesty I don't care if we're all human beings with feelings lol. It's funny.

And children suck so place 'em in whatever situation you want. (What kind of adult situations, though?) And really, no one has a good childhood; no one looks back and thinks 'oh I was so HAPPY as a kid', honestly, because a happy childhood is a fictional concept, probably invented by old people who dislike their lives and like to pretend it used to be better (they're also probably senile and thus can't remember how it actually used to be).

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