musing

[johncomic]

thinking about how often humour is geared toward eliciting laughs on the basis of someone else's pain, fear, anger, ignorance, or putative "inferiority"...

Comments

[sboyko.livejournal.com]

Most humour is based on that. I read a theory somewhere that laughter often comes as a relief that the humour isn't at our expense. I am not sure I believe that.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

I don't think I do either, actually...