I am really awesome with babies and have made them laugh quite deeply that I was forced to actually stop for fear that they might stop breathing (baby laughter is best sound in existence) — TimeLine
Thus play theory I think is likely. — TimeLine
Martha: Oh-ho, you pig.
George: Oink, oink.
Martha: Fix me another drink… lover.
George: My God, you can swill it down, can't you?
Martha: Well, I'm thirsty.
George: Oh, Jesus.
Martha: Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.
George: I gave you the prize years ago, Martha. There isn't an abomination award going that you haven't won.
Martha: I swear to God George, if you even existed I'd divorce you.
Clucky is attractive on you. (L) — ArguingWAristotleTiff
How does that work, exactly? Are you saying humour and cognition are mutually exclusive? — TimeLine
I'm actually on the adoption list as a candidate given my professional history with kids so I think in about a year or two I may have an adopted bub. — TimeLine
I think humor is a partly a form of entertainment and/or escapism. We laugh at certain jokes because they are kind of cute or clever, much as we are amused when we see a pet do some interesting trick or action that imitates our behavior, however other jokes we laugh at because they are about something messed up in our lives and it is hard to talk about it through other means. Gallows humor is one example where people joke about violent or other unsettling subject matter in which they themselves have problems with or are not supposed to really talk about the problem at all. In this way humor might be used to either to try to talk about a problem they are trying to deal with or at least as a way to de-stress themselves by somewhat talking about it, even if the method of communication is unconventional.Do you agree with the relief theory of humor? Do any of the theories of humor appeal to you? — Purple Pond
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