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IMO, the core problem is that our whole concept of humour revolves around negativity.
by sho 18y ago
IMO, the core problem is that our whole concept of humour revolves around negativity.
- joshsharp 18y agoI wouldn't say it -revolves- around it, but the current popularity of things like FAIL are a good example of your theory.
- sho 18y agoGood point. It would be pretty hard to imagine a popular line of jokes based around images of things succeeding. But that's just an unusually pure case of a general rule, I think. Maybe I'm unwittingly biased but almost all the jokes I hear are some kind of inventive invitation to laugh at someone else's expense. That just seems to be a general rule of comedy, and comedy is an extremely powerful force behind troll-like behaviour. Bad Things Happening To Other People (Especially Celebrities) is just such a potent force for entertainment across all categories that I think we can just assume it's here to stay and try to design either for or around it.
- anamax 18y agoActually, humor often involves pain - negativity is merely one form. The stooges combine negativity and pain.