Why type of humour amuses you most?
I don't have much to add here but a brief explanation of each type, in case people need it.
Sarcasm:
"Oh, you are mowing your lawn, I see"
"No, I'm on the International Space Station doing some important experiments for NASA"
Satire:
Queen Elizabeth I was bald and had wooden teeth and yet somehow managed to remain a virgin.
Irony:
The fact that Alanis Morissette wrote a song called Ironic despite having no concept of irony. Finding spoons when you need a knife is not ironic. The weather on your wedding day is not ironic. Her writing this song is ironic.
Slapstick:
Moe pokes Curly in the eye with a finger.
Observational:
Why spend £500 on a tiny bag only big enough to carry lipstick? For £500 you could hire someone to walk behind you, carrying the lipstick.
Surreal:
Dolphin putting up some shelves underwater while the Baader-Meinhoff Gang dance past carrying huge hearing aids which blast out Billy Joel songs.
Punning:
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.
Schadenfreude:
Man slips on roller skates and falls downstairs.
Practical jokes:
Anything where there's a set-up to convince someone of something that isn't true for the sake of humour.
Situational:
A scene from Friends. Any scene will do.
Epigrammatic:
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Lazy/rude:
Faggot!
Offensive:
Jokes about children who have been raped and murdered.
| Sarcasm | 28 | |
| Satire | 19 | |
| Irony | 4 | |
| Slapstick | 5 | |
| Observational | 13 | |
| Surreal | 4 | |
| Punning | 10 | |
| Schadenfreude | 4 | |
| Practical jokes | 2 | |
| Situational | 9 | |
| Epigrammatic | 0 | |
| Lazy/rude | 6 | |
| Offensive | 16 |