Why Are Things Funny? – Absurdism & Humor
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We all know that humor is important, but why it’s important is far more confusing. In this video, we explore some theories on what makes a funny thing funny and why it matters so much.
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@InternetsBiggestFan
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
The second Vsauce
@realx0
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
relatability and wit also prompt humor
@captainyossarian388
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Other higher animals also appear to have a sense of humor, such as chimpanzees, dolphins, and magpies. All three appear to also express laughter.
@bryandraughn9830
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Are there not other things that cause laughter besides humor?
A moment of discovery? The sheer joy of reuniting with a friend? We might seek that reward for very practical reasons, and rather than become a vestigial instinct , we developed a sense of humor as a shortcut to the reward.
I just wonder about things this way.
Great episode!
@nobodybutme412
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Ok so you like dark humor? Heh…heh…😐
@p_7ero
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
The thing is, a bunch of random things happening isnt funny. Humor seems to come from an unexpected resolution to an event or paradox that expresses a more fundamental truth, or an underlying cohesion misdirected by the more overt circumstance. In family guy, peter thinking he is dying only to find out that it was flatulence is funny because the overt observation was consistent with the reality of a heart attack, but the "hidden in plain sight" reality is revealed in the punchline that this chest pain is also, and more commonly, consistent with gas
@BrokeBad
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
can we plz relax with the background music
@iankane1733
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
I love all your comedy clip references; Kyle Mooney, Nathan Fielder, Rick and Morty, Eric Andre, etc
@olutoyinonayemi1350
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
@5:35 – or as George Carlin put it… "My job is thinking up goofy shit. You know, that’s my job, thinking up goofy shit. My job is to think up stuff and come around and remind you of it. Cause you already knew it, you just forgot to laugh at it, that’s all."
@abhigavi
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
How do you make videos like these!! Too brilliant man.. Keep Going!!! Brilliant perspective to life!!
@rumpertthejester3491
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Take it from me: no one is more despised in modern America than the one person out of 500 laughing.
@kayjay1909
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Dude pls stop trying to make ur essay longer
@tigerwolf2243
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Why do farts and Mel Brooks movies never stop being funny?
@SuperYaniv12
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
probably one of the best videos on YouTube, thank you
@konstantinatsagianni9929
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
what an AMAZING video! Thank you so much!
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September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
does anyone know the name of the song that plays when he's reciting the philosophers?
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September 2, 2025 at 2:17 pm
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