PDF-Humor vs. Sarcasm

By Nancy Quinn Rummel ACC Have you ever worked with a person who routinely uses sarcasm as a way to get a laugh x201CIx2019m not trying to ignore you Ix2019m just trying to be where yo. Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. andthenegativeactivity/statetermsareitalicized. (a)OhhowIlove beingignored.#sarcasm(b)Thoroughlyenjoyed shovelingthedrivewaytoday!:)#sarcasm(c)Absolutelyadore itwhenmybusislate#sarcasm(d)I'msopleased What Makes Something Funny?. Three Levels of Comedy. Low comedy. Based on the physical. Often includes crude or “potty” humor. Doesn’t take much thought to “get it”. Sometimes referred to as “dumb humor”—gut centered. Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). With more terms!. Superiority Theory. The notion that all humor involves some play with the dichotomy of superior vs. inferior.. Either we are made to feel superior to the butt of the joke or we see that one’s sense of superiority makes them flawed (think Colbert). Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. To say something and mean the opposite. Fun Fact. Sarcasm or irony is used once every 2 minutes in conversation!!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiR-bnCHIYo. (What is Verbal Irony/ Sarcasm?). . Why people use sarcasm?. Chris Osborne . Can’t Define Humor. Superiority – Don . Rickles. . Incongruity – Jokes . Tension Release – Oscars . The Theories of Humor. . Jokes. S. arcasm. S. atire. M. imicry. I. rony. E. The aqueous is the thin, watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the iris (anterior chamber). . It is continually produced by the . ciliary. body, the part of the eye that lies just behind the iris. . Kravchuk. . Polina. , 6-a. Contents. :. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3. Chapter I . Teoretic. ………………………………………………......................4. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). A Behavioral Modeling . Approach. Ashwin. . Rajadesingan. , Reza Zafarani, and . Huan. . Liu. Sarcasm. . . a . nuanced form of language where usually, the user explicitly states the opposite of what she implies. .