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Some believe humor springs from Benign Violations. Basically, that something defies my expectations but I consider it harmless. This is more specific than surprise in that the social context is als...
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#2: Post edited
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Eric Isaac
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2023-11-12T11:57:33Z (about 1 year ago)
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- Some believe humor springs from [Benign Violations](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20587696/). Basically, that _something defies my expectations but I consider it harmless_. This is more specific than surprise in that the social context is also considered to be equally important.
- To your examples, wordplay communicates a number is socially desirable conditions.
- 1. I speak your language well enough to engage in wordplay.
2. I share (at least some) of your expectations and social norms.- 3. I have enough goodwill towards you to see violations of my expectations as benign.
- Viewed from this same social lens, _The Spirit in the Staircase_ and _certain groups who take a long time to get jokes_ could also hint at people who are slower to generate the assumed shared expectations, or may be embedded in different norms.
- A proponent of this theory would assert that humour (such as wordplay) does require a violated expectation.
- Some believe humor springs from [Benign Violations](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20587696/). Basically, that _something defies my expectations but I consider it harmless_. This is more specific than surprise in that the social context is also considered to be equally important.
- To your examples, wordplay communicates a number is socially desirable conditions.
- 1. I speak your language well enough to engage in wordplay.
- 2. I share (at least some of) your expectations and social norms.
- 3. I have enough goodwill towards you to see violations of my expectations as benign.
- Viewed from this same social lens, _The Spirit in the Staircase_ and _certain groups who take a long time to get jokes_ could also hint at people who are slower to generate the assumed shared expectations, or may be embedded in different norms.
- A proponent of this theory would assert that humour (such as wordplay) does require a violated expectation.
#1: Initial revision
by
Eric Isaac
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2023-11-11T17:10:46Z (about 1 year ago)
Some believe humor springs from [Benign Violations](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20587696/). Basically, that _something defies my expectations but I consider it harmless_. This is more specific than surprise in that the social context is also considered to be equally important. To your examples, wordplay communicates a number is socially desirable conditions. 1. I speak your language well enough to engage in wordplay. 2. I share (at least some) of your expectations and social norms. 3. I have enough goodwill towards you to see violations of my expectations as benign. Viewed from this same social lens, _The Spirit in the Staircase_ and _certain groups who take a long time to get jokes_ could also hint at people who are slower to generate the assumed shared expectations, or may be embedded in different norms. A proponent of this theory would assert that humour (such as wordplay) does require a violated expectation.