interesting article!
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tamlynn
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I could have told you that stupid people don't consider themselves stupid.
Interesting article so far. On page 1123, they evaluate humor. The study wanted to evaluate what people found to be funny. So they apparently established scale of funny by assembling jokes and asking comedians to rate them.
I am probably a little dense, but it seems to me that it isn't possible to establish a scale of what is funny, or rather how funny it is, because humor is so subjective.
For example, my mom only finds funny those things where someone is humiliated or hurt in some way. I think that's terrible. I laugh more at things I can relate to, such as redneck humor, or real life stories!!! If we both are laughing, we both find things funny. If the comedians didn't find it funny, then how can it be said that what makes us laugh isn't funny?
Oh, that doesn't make sense. I can't say this right....
I am probably a little dense, but it seems to me that it isn't possible to establish a scale of what is funny, or rather how funny it is, because humor is so subjective.
For example, my mom only finds funny those things where someone is humiliated or hurt in some way. I think that's terrible. I laugh more at things I can relate to, such as redneck humor, or real life stories!!! If we both are laughing, we both find things funny. If the comedians didn't find it funny, then how can it be said that what makes us laugh isn't funny?
Oh, that doesn't make sense. I can't say this right....
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It made it to 8.
And it is rather interesting but like tamlyn, I already knew that incompetent people never know they are incompetent. You can always tell because they keep doing the same things over and over again and never understand why things never change for them.
(Did those people get paid for that study)? Dang, I could have been a millionaire.)
And it is rather interesting but like tamlyn, I already knew that incompetent people never know they are incompetent. You can always tell because they keep doing the same things over and over again and never understand why things never change for them.
(Did those people get paid for that study)? Dang, I could have been a millionaire.)
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people Do the same things over and over again and they wonder Why the result is the same---kinda like the OP saying they know probably this could cause a controversial thread and be shut down, yet they post it LOL LOL
people try the same thing over and over again all the time some are smart for doing it, others stupid
I evaluate myself in the "above average" category in most things I do....I don't care whether or not I am right about "my" category lol
I don't care whether others think I am stupid for trying my stunts thru life I live my life for me, screw the category "others" put me in
did I read all that mess posted, nope, way too much to read with small print, lol, read just a bit and made these comments anyway hahaha
people try the same thing over and over again all the time some are smart for doing it, others stupid
I evaluate myself in the "above average" category in most things I do....I don't care whether or not I am right about "my" category lol
I don't care whether others think I am stupid for trying my stunts thru life I live my life for me, screw the category "others" put me in
did I read all that mess posted, nope, way too much to read with small print, lol, read just a bit and made these comments anyway hahaha
