5 Truths on Humor

(btw, i reeeally hoped i spelled that title right. lol)


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People laugh at other people’s flaws, mistakes, downfalls, failures, imperfections, and shortcomings. It is just an unpleasant fact about society. It makes them feel better about themselves and fuels the human’s natural desire to be dominating over others.

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One must learn to laugh at himself. Chances are that if one can read, one is a human being. With that fact established, one must now understand that he has flaws, mistakes, downfalls, failures, imperfections, and shortcomings. Now realize those are funny! If one is teased about asking a question that is insanely stupid, go with it! Laugh at it! Find the humor in the situation. One will live a healthier and happier life if one does not dwell on the negative things about oneself and, instead, finding the absurdity in them.

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One must think as he speaks. Now most people will say that one should think before they speak, but to me, that is illogical. If somebody gives one the perfect setup for a joke or a witty answer, you cannot wait five minutes to answer. One must have their answers ready as a situation presents itself. If one comes to an improvisational roadblock, then one must stall. It helps to use phrases such as “Well what had happened was…” and “Here’s the thing.”

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One must find humor in everything. One must face facts: there is something funny about every situation and circumstance in life. If one can master the skill of laughing and finding the lighter side of situations, one will be a happier person. One will not be stuck in this gloomy, depressing, solemn anti-party that is today’s society. :)

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One must know what is not funny. Any super sleuth would find that the previous paragraph contradicts this paragraph’s focus. But the truth is, it is the truth. Not everything is funny to all people. One’s quick wit might find humor in the Spanish textbook saying a person in a wheelchair is “muy activo,” but not everybody will. The key is to keep the things that are funny, but not funny, to oneself. One does not know the lives and trial of others around them. Out of common mutual human respect, one must be conscious of what one is saying.

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The First

So this is the first. I'm not really sure why I'm doing this, cause chances our i won't have time to commit to this like I should. Not to mention I'm not really sure I will have many, if any, readers.

I lied twice in the opening of my first post.

I actually do know why I am making this: because it looks fun! My friend AnnaKelly stated a blog a few weeks ago, and I am kinda copying her. lol.

The second lie is that I won't have time to commit to this. I actually do have time, I just tend to be very lazy sometimes. I'm not quite sure when it started, but I developed this habit of not being as committed to things as I used to.

So I'm starting a challenge.
I'm going to post at least once every week for the rest of 2009.

Now what will these blogs be? Well, as the title suggests, I really think that laughter can be found it all circumstances. Laughter is a type of healing that needs to be taken advantage of. So that's what I will try to bring to each entry: some type of amusing commentary on a world event, a funny observation, or just interesting occurrences in my life as an American high school student with a part-time job at a wonderful grocery store.

So I really hope that the tens of hundreds of people who will read this enjoy themselves. I'm not going to promise much, except that I'm just out searching for the LOLs.