Humor

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     (This blog post is merely thoughts and opinions)

   Humor is something that varies from person to person. My pod happened to be discussing a topic that we found extremely hilarious: bananas. 

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 After Cecelia brought up cucumbers in The Importance of Being Earnest, we started to talk about foods that are seen as phallic, bananas being one of them. 

    while the phallic nature of bananas was what started this conversation on bananas, we began to talk about bananas and the different ways to peel them. Although this topic isn't as funny as a stand up comedian's act, we found that being able to relate to what's being joked about makes it easier to laugh and find the conversation interesting. 

     Something as mundane as bananas became a topic that we talked about for a good amount of time and enjoyed talking about. So does humor really vary from person to person or is how we experience humor what makes something funny? 

    if you imagine discussing an unfamiliar topic with someone you barely know and aren't comfortable with then the enjoyment of that topic could be completely different. My pod members are people that I know well enough to feel comfortable around, but this doesn't explain stand up comedy. What makes stand up comedians so funny?

    Stand up comedians usually focus on the type of humor that is relatable. Although we don't know the comedian personally, their experiences and its similarity to our experiences are what make their jokes funny. The same goes for skits. Even though most high school students haven't worked in a cubicle office before, some of the incidents that take place in that office could be either relatable or so over the top that the ridiculousness has its own humor. 

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    So a question like what makes you laugh does range from person to person, but to achieve a successful level of humor there has to be some bit of relatability to it. 

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