Humor
Although the laughable is not usually thought of as a subclass of the beautiful (Aristotle, indeed, said that it was a subclass of the ugly), the problem of "humor" is a special ca...
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Humor [addendum]
Since 1980 a number of philosophers have explored the psychology, aesthetics, and ethics of humor. The incongruity theory dominates though, as in earlier theorizing, the precise relat...
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Humor is the tendency to look at things from the mirthful or incongruous side. It is the quality that makes something laughable or amusing. Humor is the ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what i...
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We live in a world that is filled with hate and violence. Every evening on the news we are told tales of war, murders, rapes, and savage beating; we are constantly bombarded with pessimistic and depr...
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BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Beijing authorities have scolded a
local Communist revolution-themed restaurant for harming national
sentiment by painting a sign "liberation zone" pointing the way
to i...
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Berlin (dpa) - Wilhelm Busch, a German artist who died 100 years
ago, practically invented the edgy, violent humour that millions of
people enjoy in film and on TV today.
...
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Tokyo (dpa) - When you visit the western Japanese capital of
Osaka, you are certain to polish your taste buds, sense of humour and
passion for sports.
"Eat un...
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Lucerne, Switzerland (dpa) - After being drawn into the so-called
Group of Death together with three former European champions Romanian
coach Victor Piturca said Sunday that...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - Cross-cultural difference come to the fore in
the month of Ramadan for many Muslims in the Netherlands, but a sense
of humour on both sides combined with t...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - If you hear a Zimbabwean housewife
boast that she's off to buy the head of a cow, don't think she's
found a secret supply of meat. She plans to b...
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Berlin (dpa) - Images of Madeleine McCann, the British 4-year old
who went missing six months ago in Portugal, have been printed in a
spoof supermarket advertisement by a Ge...
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The Writer and the Star‘Murphy's Law’ is the creation of
crime novelist
Colin
Bateman
. He first worked with
James
Nesbitt
back in 1997, when he wrote the script for the
Nesbitt
fi...
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Humor
The Importance of Humor
China sees red over revolutionary toilet humour
