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I think all laughter is either pain avoidance or affirmation of superiority (which is probably just another method of pain avoidance).
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If you can't be funny on a forum full of anonymous Internet wits, you can't be funny. Unless, of course, you prefer to feel superior and/or avoid pain in person. *grin*
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I tend to think that correspondance sent to an individual now belongs to the recipient. The harm potential seems minimal while the humor potential is quite large.
I'm still rooting for the pretend-blog.
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Just making it clear, I have no intention of asking Grandma's permission. Particularly since I try to limit my conversations with her to once a year at Christmas.
And, to the amazement of people who have now actually viewed the volume of correspondence I have recieved, I've never written her back either. I think I sent 2 postcards my freshman year of college.
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We aren't conciously avoiding emotional pain. The fact is, that like pleasure, there is a very fine line between humor and embarrassment, anger, frustration etc. About the only exception I can think of is the funny things kids say. But again, this is often because it is a painful truth they tell us about ourselves or a way to make us feel grown up and and superior in a benign way.
I didn't claim to be witty. That isn't my talent. I don't collect jokes like my husband does, nor do I tell them very well, as he does.
But I am rather clumsy and often forgetful. Rather than be pained at my ineptness, I laugh and I enjoy the laughter of others. I don't cover up. I'll tell the story about myself, if the subject comes up. This is far more fun than crawling into a hole and and crying about what a jerk I am.
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