Humor and it’s Usefullness

[ravioli_shoes]

I find that humor is the most useful thing in my life. It's how I connect with people, it gets me thru dark moments. I even find my sense of humor extremely dark at times, yet I find a dark sense of humor to be not only a necessary response, but a LOGICAL one, to a world and life that can seem arbitrary and unforgiving so often. What do y'all think? And how big a part does humor play in your life? Do you enjoy standup comedy/movies?? Any input I would find fascinating

 

[Agon321]

Humor plays a GIANT role for me.
Even in the current situation, I have not lost my sense of humor.
Sometimes it's nice to laugh in the world's face.

I love dark humor in general. I often exceed the limits of good taste.
Of course, I can usually control myself and try not to overdo it when talking to other people.

 

[_AllCatsAreGrey_]

I agree. Humor is huge for me. It's a big way I connect with those close to me. I like how you can make very serious statements with dark humor. You may appreciate the Stanford's Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the philosophy of humor.

Are you familiar with Comedy Bang Bang (it's both a show and a podcast)? It can be hit or miss, but they bring on various comedians who do improv and silly characters.

Another great comedy podcast is With Your Special Guest Lauren Lapkus. She brings on guests who improv that they are a host of a podcast and she's the guest. It's silly funny.

 

[Throwawayacc3]

I find that humor is the most useful thing in my life. It's how I connect with people, it gets me thru dark moments. I even find my sense of humor extremely dark at times, yet I find a dark sense of humor to be not only a necessary response, but a LOGICAL one, to a world and life that can seem arbitrary and unforgiving so often. What do y'all think? And how big a part does humor play in your life? Do you enjoy standup comedy/movies?? Any input I would find fascinating

I grew up on South Park and Team America. Somehow Matt and Trey being heavily influenced by Monty Python obviously had an anchoring with me as a Brit. Even stuff like Mr Bean is amazing and the first film (with the painting of Whistlers mother) is so good.

I'll quote filthy frank every now and then and Pink Guy:

Eh b0ss, I habe Cancer boss.

(TLDR I actually did have cancer lmao).

Humor plays a GIANT role for me.
Even in the current situation, I have not lost my sense of humor.
Sometimes it's nice to laugh in the world's face.

I love dark humor in general. I often exceed the limits of good taste.
Of course, I can usually control myself and try not to overdo it when talking to other people.

I get so autistic with this. I think I know every single bit of dialogue from the movie Tropic Thunder.

 

[DefinitelyReady]

... kiss my flat, white cratered moon...

 

[Surreal]

Given how surreal and absurd life is, humor sometimes seems the only answer to it all. It wouldn't surprise me if I'd CTB laughing.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Unrelated, but for a second I thought you had someone cosplaying as the Alpha Chow mascot (or maybe just someone with a really bad fursuit) standing beside you in your pfp before realizing that it was just your dog.

For anyone wondering, this is what the mascot looks like:

 

[sugarb]

I find that humor is the most useful thing in my life. It's how I connect with people, it gets me thru dark moments. I even find my sense of humor extremely dark at times, yet I find a dark sense of humor to be not only a necessary response, but a LOGICAL one, to a world and life that can seem arbitrary and unforgiving so often. What do y'all think? And how big a part does humor play in your life? Do you enjoy standup comedy/movies?? Any input I would find fascinating

I think I developed humor as a way of compensating for my otherwise poor social skills as an AuHD-er. It kinda works- my humor's not universal, but I was friends with the star quarterback in high-school solely because he thought I was hilarious. He introduced me to people as "the funniest guy he'd ever met" which was a massive ego boost (obviously lol). I'm pretty good at making other people laugh, too, which is nice. I like seeing people smile

I like standup ok but I don't watch it. Not really my thing. Comedy movies are hit or miss. I'm very fond of slapstick; there's this one scene in The Three Amigos where a guy falls on a table in this unexpectedly forceful way and I started laughing really really hard. I have this like wheezing hyena cackle