VonNoble Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Is humor a weapon?Von Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songster Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I'd say it's a weapon.... There have been countless comedians that used humor to address controversial topics in an effort to effect change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Humor can demean and belittle. It can wound. It can incite. It can insult, degrade and abuse. Humor can also defuse tension and make people more peaceful. Humor can educate and increase understanding. It depends on how humor is used and why. Edited June 17, 2014 by Jonathan H. B. Lobl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Other than simple puns which may or may not be humorous, most humor that I am aware of is often found at the misfortune of others. If you can post a funny (really funny and not just maybe funny) joke that does not depend on the misfortune of another, I would like to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuchulain Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 a strong satire was often used as a weapon by the bards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 It still is. If you want to see humor used as a weapon, go to You Tube and see what George Carlin has done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonNoble Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Other than simple puns which may or may not be humorous, most humor that I am aware of is often found at the misfortune of others. If you can post a funny (really funny and not just maybe funny) joke that does not depend on the misfortune of another, I would like to read it.As would I.........there has not been a stampede to share that joke....which is interesting to me in a big way.Von Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 What some people find funny others don't. What is 'really' funny? You can probably retreat into a true Scotsman defence from anything anyone posts. To accept the challenge, though: I find this one funny - no suffering involved... Q: Why do cows wear cowbells? A: Because their horns don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songster Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Other than simple puns which may or may not be humorous, most humor that I am aware of is often found at the misfortune of others. If you can post a funny (really funny and not just maybe funny) joke that does not depend on the misfortune of another, I would like to read it. I was certain that my wife was going deaf, so one afternoon, I decided to test her hearing. When I got home, she was reading a book. From the door, I asked her what we were having for dinner. I got no reply. I took 4 steps across the kitchen and repeated my query..... No reply. I took another 4 steps toward her and asked again.... No reply. I took another 2 steps, and standing right next to her, asked again..... "What's for dinner?" She looked up from her book and said, "For the fourth time, Chicken!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I was certain that my wife was going deaf, so one afternoon, I decided to test her hearing.When I got home, she was reading a book. From the door, I asked her what we were having for dinner. I got no reply.I took 4 steps across the kitchen and repeated my query..... No reply.I took another 4 steps toward her and asked again.... No reply.I took another 2 steps, and standing right next to her, asked again..... "What's for dinner?"She looked up from her book and said, "For the fourth time, Chicken!"If this is a joke, not recent history, I have two comments: First of all the poor wife's deafness is the whole crux so that is where misfortune of others comes in to play and, Second I don't find it funny. I mean no disrespect, Songster. Maybe my sense of humor is different from other's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panpareil Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The irony of the joke is as follows. He feels his wife is going deaf because she does not reply to his question, but finds that she hears quit well and instead it is he that does not hear her reply. This joke is self deprecating and does not involve the misfortune or pain of others.The reason humor involves some form of suffering, either physical pain, emotional distress, or cognitive dissonance, is that this is our natural state. The point of humor is to cause us to step outside our suffering for a moment, to laugh not just at others but at our own predicament in the process. I personally feel we take suffering way too seriously and thereby exacerbate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kaman Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The irony of the joke is as follows. He feels his wife is going deaf because she does not reply to his question, but finds that she hears quit well and instead it is he that does not hear her reply. This joke is self deprecating and does not involve the misfortune or pain of others.The reason humor involves some form of suffering, either physical pain, emotional distress, or cognitive dissonance, is that this is our natural state. The point of humor is to cause us to step outside our suffering for a moment, to laugh not just at others but at our own predicament in the process. I personally feel we take suffering way too seriously and thereby exacerbate it.Ok, panpareil, it was the misfortune of the husband, not the wife. Perhaps my sense of humor is tied into my misreading of the joke. As far as taking suffering too seriously, we as a society or. perhaps as a specie, take everything too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panpareil Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I am the choir to your preacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crzyme Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 any form of communication can be (and is) used as a weaponsome people find offense in things not meant to be offensive (where few others would find offense) some people do not understand they are being offensive even when many find them so. some do not get the joke and instead get offendedthe reason we get offended is often in how we view the meaning of what was said (or done). some people have fallen into a bad habit of finding offense in their lives and need to find better ways of interacting with others, maybe read up on how to find the world less offensive we all need more laughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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