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So, reading the comments.. there seem to be an internal and an external explanations to the paradox. Internal explanations are that people who want to do comed
by js8 3y ago
So, reading the comments.. there seem to be an internal and an external explanations to the paradox.
Internal explanations are that people who want to do comedy tend to be somehow messed up somehow.
External explanations are that the world itself is messed up, and if you want to do comedy, you have to understand it, and that makes you sad.
I think to determine which one is true, we should look at people curious about the world who don't do comedy, for example, scientists or activists. Are these often sad too?
- lazide 3y agoComedians typically were in sad environments and coped by making people (and themselves) laugh. But laughter is transitory. And jokes grow stale. So it’s chasing a high. A type of hedonic treadmill.
- Joeboy 3y ago> Comedians typically were in sad environments and coped by making people (and themselves) laugh. According to Richard Belzer's wikipedia page, he "declared that his comedy career began when trying to make her laugh to distract her from abusing him and his brother". Which is may be an extreme case, but illustrative of what drives some people to comedy.