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Defense Mechanism of Humour

 



Wouldn't it be funny if I did this thing I am totally joking about... unless. This meme has been going around the internet for quite some time, and I couldn't help but notice the similarity between the purpose of this format and the reason most of us use humor. Both of these situations are using humor to talk about something the creator doesn't want to talk about outright. I did a lit digging (sat for a second and then got caught up in my unrelated thoughts) and came to the startling (everyone probably already knew this) discovery. People use humor so that they can talk about anything they want and have the opportunity to claim that it was a joke.

Look at this way, how many times has someone made an offensive joke, and when you give them a weird look they claim "It was a joke lighten up". Humour gives people the opportunity to retract controversial opinions, and not face the backlash for those opinions. Human beings are social animals, we thrive in society. Even the most introverted person needs some human interaction (as told to me by my introverted friends) and there are scientific studies backing this. Now, of course, I am not saying that people use humor in their speech because if they offend one person everyone will abandon them leaving them to a life of isolation and desolation. No, that is not what I am saying, but there are some people who are our people; people we feel comfortable around, and people we genuinely want to stay around. Sometimes you feel uncomfortable expressing an opinion because you don't know how they will respond, so you soften the idea with some sprinkled sarcasm or irony. 

 


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