What is a sense of humor? Do you own it?

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Irony, skepticism, sarcasm, cynicism - there are so many things that can bring a smile. But this is not a manner of joking, as many people think. The postulates of such a science as psychology state that the above refers to the means of self-defense. What is a sense of humor and who has it? Let's figure it out.

First, let's make a list of humor options:

- good and evil;

- black and light;

- thin and coarse;

- shiny and flat.

After conducting research, ubiquitous scientists (writers, sociologists, art historians, psychologists) concluded that people who are able to think logically, associatively and figuratively have a sense of humor. Whereas the manner of joking is directly dependent on education. The more erudite a person is, the more elegant and subtle the jokes are. Conversely, the least enlightened people enjoy overtly crude humor, with little regard for the appropriateness of the joke and how it makes the person being joked about feel.

To better understand what a sense of humor is, we classify people bygood-natured ability to notice the comic side of life:

- Individuals who do not have a sense of humor, who simply do not understand what is funny, and therefore do not like humor. It is better not to take a sense of humor test with them - they will fail it.

- People who do not know how to joke, but perfectly understand jokes and love to listen to them.

- A cheerful audience that knows how to joke, repeating other people's funny quotes and aphorisms, anecdotes and even life stories.

- Talented individuals, authors of their own jokes, aphorisms, anecdotes, which are then transferred from one listener to another.

- People who not only know what a sense of humor is, but also have all the positive qualities of comedians. Moreover, they are able to sort out humor on the shelves: tell and explain its nature, what components a joke is made of, and explain how to learn how to joke appropriately, gracefully and stunningly.

By the way, doctors have also studied the nature of humor. They made a striking conclusion: laughter enhances a person’s immunity, promotes the healing of the body and the psychological state of the soul, and prolongs life. But few people know how to be happy, have optimism and sincerely laugh. It is clear that not everyone is born with such a sense of humor.

There would be a desire, but it is possible to learn everything. Sense of humor develops! Watch comedies, humorous series, read jokes, humoresques and satire. But don't just enjoy the fruitssource of laughter, but try to analyze every joke you hear. Try to understand its mechanism: how did it come about? What causal relationships were involved? What made you smile: the witty phrase, the ambiguity of the situation, the play on words?

Start joking by telling jokes. With their help, you can easily avoid a possible awkward pause in a conversation with a person of interest to you. And later, learn to remember an anecdote that is relevant in the context of the conversation, which will become a good illustration of the dialogue and give you many pleasant memories of what emotions the bike evoked in the listeners.