A sense of humor

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"He who laughs alone at night is insane"

Old Arab proverb

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I don't know if that is true.

Laughter out of context to a situation or exaggerated is called paradoxical laughter. It’s related to schizophrenia and other neurological disorders

Paradoxical Laughter: Why it Happens and What it Signals

I don't know if that is true either.


But in both cases, I can say it is true.


However, these days somebody laughing alone or late at night might just be watching funny shit on their phone, so one shouldn't rush to judgement.

[Crumb]

So you are just a completely disingenuous ?

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Things are so fucked up in the woke world,



honesty is viewed with suspicion

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by -FX-

I think the political humor doesn't actually make people lol

Well, if that was supposed to be funny, it failed, miserably. Just sayin'

[Crumb]

Originally Posted by -FX-

honesty is viewed with suspicion

I honestly answered your questions that you seemed to want to discuss in this thread and yet you completely ignored my response and posted random bullshit that doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.

That seems completely disingenuous to me. You don't really want to have a discussion about anything, you just want to score points in your bizarre game.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by Crumb

you just want to score points in your bizarre game.

Fits:
The evolution of humor from male aggression - PMC

"It's just a joke" is foundational in generational abuse cycles and also serves to separate an in group from an out group.

[-FX-]

Ah, now I see. You are confusing my disdain and ignoring your trolling for disingenuous.

I simply ignore comments and people who I know, from experience, are attention whores, immature and in the end, boring.

Originally Posted by Crumb

Because it felt true? Do you think that is a reliable source of truth?

Everything you posted fits your own description. You are doing what you seem to be upset about.

I find that amusing, but rarely respond to internet baby cries. This post is an exception.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Ah, now I see. ...

Yes, it's true.
This thread has rather quickly demonstrated that you lack one.

My condolences.

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by Crumb

That seems completely disingenuous to me. You don't really want to have a discussion about anything, you just want to score points in your bizarre game.

Originally Posted by mickthinks

The way you wrangle, FX (the casual callousness, the light irony, the leaps-over-incovenient-truths-in-a-single-non-sequitur deflection) puts me in mind of Miss Shelby. Are you two related by any chance?

Originally Posted by mickthinks

I took FX for a contrarian but now I'm thinking it's Tourette's

Originally Posted by mickthinks

You're your own elephant, Effie, trying to squeeze yourself into every room.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Fits:
The evolution of humor from male aggression - PMC

"It's just a joke" is foundational in generational abuse cycles and also serves to separate an in group from an out group.

Unexpectedly seeing a unicyclist is not really a complete study of humour...

The hypothesis is probably sound but I think that article is missing a lot.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Unexpectedly seeing a unicyclist is not really a complete study of humour...

The hypothesis is probably sound but I think that article is missing a lot.

Yeah, they did say the dreaded more study for sure. Dig around and you’ll find a few pieces on the idea of jokes being an aggressive hierarchy enforcement tool.

[mickthinks]

Ah, yes—jokes being an aggressive hierarchy enforcement tool! That reminds of this example from deep in the iles

Originally Posted by mickthinks

[Palin's wardrobe] is trivia, but it's hilarious trivia.
Hilarious how?

[-FX-]

Wow. That is not only obscure, really ancient, but shows a dedication to remembering the past. I have no idea what the joke is, because I don't know the players well enough. I could simply ask, but experience shows that won't actually help.

I bring this up in response to the accusations that somehow the league of morons are sure I am somehow disingenuous, rather than simply honest and blunt.

As an example:

Originally Posted by -FX-

It's very odd that somebody can't answer a direct question. "We have been undercounting" in the context of "in spite of" isn't clear at all what you are claiming.

What is the Covid misinformation you are speaking of? And who is "we" in context of your claim?

Originally Posted by -FX-

Who do you believe has been, or currently is, undercounting?

Originally Posted by -FX-

It's a simple request.

Originally Posted by beyelzu

In spite of the common refrain of people who peddle Covid misinformation, we have been undercounting systematically since the beginning of the pandemic.

I’ve posted about the undercount including peer reviewed sources repeatedly.

Originally Posted by beyelzu

Dude, I have shared multiple peer reviewed sources, I have already addressed the question literally with sources.

Again, you quoted a post with one of those sources, read that, first, if you still have questions ask them after reading.

I find such non answers to be absurd. Somebody is making a claim, but rather than state clearly what they are claiming, they avoid answering. Then out of the blue, here comes another actor, who also avoids answering, but now wants to claim I'm somehow the problem. Then we have

Originally Posted by mickthinks

The way you wrangle, FX (the casual callousness, the light irony, the leaps-over-incovenient-truths-in-a-single-non-sequitur deflection) puts me in mind of Miss Shelby. Are you two related by any chance?

That's all a non-sequitur, but he can't see that. Priceless.

To avoid any confusion, I am not expecting you, or anyone else here, to understand the matter. Oh no. There is zero hope this will make any difference, I just find it amusing to point something out, and watch the mental gymnastics involved to avoid understanding any of it. By you.

Since I don't know who Miss Shelby is, or have enough experience here to know the reference.

Which is OK. But the question was never answered.

Originally Posted by -FX-

You mean multinational pharmaceutical corporations? Most governments, and especially the Chinese? Or something else?

What exactly are you trying to say here?

If I was making a claim about Covid statistics, or anything else, I would clearly state what it is. Then add sources for why.

I wouldn't leave out the main point in my post. Then avoid answering any questions about it.

How does this relate to a sense of humor? I find it funny in a way that is ineffable.

[-FX-]

I'm responding to the absurdist response of

Originally Posted by Crumb

So you are just a completely disingenuous ?

There is a meta loop humor when somebody avoids answering, by claiming you are not answering. It's very common, especially among "skeptics"

Then they start telling you what you are really thinking or doing, because somehow they have supernatural powers of perception, and can read your mind. If it was just normal social media, it wouldn't be funny. It's only funny because skeptics do it.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Yeah, they did say the dreaded more study for sure.

Just about every academic paper will include that statement, and usually it only means "keep funding us".

[-FX-]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Just about every academic paper will include that statement, and usually it only means "keep funding us".

And you know this because it feels right

Right?

Originally Posted by Crumb

How the fuck do you think you know this? Do you think you can just make up information and it becomes real? Do you think facts just feel right? That is not how things work.

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See? I find that hilarious.

[seebs]

John Allen Paulos did a book on mathematics and humor in which he argued, I think persuasively, that actual humor is mostly unexpected context-switches.

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Originally Posted by seebs

...that actual humor is mostly unexpected context-switches.

I'm trying to figure out if a fart is an unexpected context-switch

Because goddamn if something as simple as a fart can't cause the most violent outburst of laughter.

Timing is, of course, everything.

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Even just watching fart videos can induce laughter.

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Seriously

https://youtu.be/k1ztkOcJrNE?si=9bpHKLw_XzfBzU50