Master the subjective

Many years ago, people would regularly ask me, "Hey, John, what's with all that neck hair?"

And they're right to ask, frankly, I think I have some lycanthropic  (thank you Richard Thompson for introduction to that term) tendencies.

 

Then, after they'd lent me their 'kerchief so I could wipe away my tears, they'd ask, "How can I write funnier in my everyday life?" To which, I'd reply: "Humor is subjective. And thus, impossible to define. In fact, it's not even worth thinking about."

Then I read a great blog post by noted cartoonist Scott "Dilbert" Adams. But for the life of me I can't find the link to it.

So a small glimpse into that entry from Scott (he also writes more about it in his book "The Joy of Work.")

The core of humor is what I call the 2-of-6 rule. In order for something to be funny, you need at least two of the following elements:

 

1) Cute (as in kids and animals)

2) Naughty

3) Bizarre

4) Clever

5) Recognizable (You’ve been there)

6) Cruel

 

He goes on to make many more points and illustrates them with strips and doesn't just give his opinion and flee, which seems to be so popular on this site.

 

-JG

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[escott]

Taken from a New Yorker article...

"(Humor)...It has to reframe reality in a way that is exciting. It's like seeing in two dimensions and then opening the other eye or looking through a View-Master and suddenly seeing in three." - George Meyer, head writer for The Simpsons

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