What makes something funny?

[jordan_c_price]

Comments

[byrne]

One of my characters sent Tory Temple a yodelling pickle. She made this face: :-|

I find smart wit funny. Sarcasm that doesn't humiliate, merely underlines idiocy in a situation. I find Vic HILARIOUS, and Wild Bill makes me laugh, too.

April Fool's Day is horrible. Pranks are awful. Slap stick is completely hit or miss and has to be done really well not to offend me (because I'm klassy, OKAY?).

I tell my husband all the time that I'm hilarious, so whatever it is that I do is what I find funny. :D

[jordan_c_price]

Yes, it is good you can inform him when you're funny. :D

A big sign of whether or not I'm comfortable with someone is how silly I feel I can be. There's nothing worse than letting yourself be silly (vulnerable) and the other person not going along with the joke.

[piplover]

I like silly things, and dry, sarcastic humor. So long as it doesn't insult people or try to be cruel. Stupid humor, though, like movies which rely on fart jokes and gross humiliation, that turns me right off. Bodily functions can be funny, in high doses of moderation, but mostly it just seems juvenile and stupid.

I like my humor to be smart.

[jordan_c_price]

I can go surprisingly lowbrow with my funnybone. It must depend on my mood. Vomiting is hilarious to me.

[marasmine]

I don't like slapstick or pranks as a rule (there are very rare exceptions). I can't remember any one playing pranks on me for April Fools day, although I have been caught in 'everyone' jokes from time to time. I suspect that I don't hide my feelings too well at minor pranks on other people or just the recounting of them, so am ruled out as being a miserable cow with no sense of humour. If the person being pranked can't laugh about it, then it isn't a harmless prank, it's a malicious act. Not many people like to think of themselves as malicious

[jordan_c_price]

British humor seems pretty accessible to me, but I definitely have trouble differentiating between Brits who are quipping back and forth and Brits who are actually arguing. I think everyone's just being playful unless it comes to blows :D

[engarian]

I'm not fond of any humor that downgrades or degrades the listener or reader. I love humor that relies on intelligence to positive effect.

- Erulisse (one L)

[jordan_c_price]

There's a kind of trust happening when someone makes a smart joke with the expectation you'll get it.