"If you have no sense of humor, you're at the mercy of others." William Rotsler
People often use humor as a mechanism to ease tension in a situation, break the ice with a stranger or just relax with friends. In this context, the humor is seen as a source of friendship and harmony. However, the design Wrong humor has led to such an extent that even when consulting actresses, beauty queens and models to look for in a man, they usually respond unequivocally: "the sense of humor", without actually having clear implications has this quality or features.
In that sense, compared to the question of why conflicts arise in the social interaction of individuals, this paper aims to formulate the hypothesis that in many cases and, inadvertently, it is because of the disparities within the meaning of humor. To underpin this statement can make the following arguments:
In the first instance, humor is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement. Likewise, the sense of humor is defined as the ability to experience humor. In this context, we can say that not all people share the same perception about what is humorous and what is not and social interactions is clear that some people seek to generate laughter in front of others with whom they are interacting, succeeding in some cases because they have that ability or empathy, but in other cases the opposite effect, ie, hostility and discomfort compared to the present, because they do not identify with the kind of humor that exposes the individual.
Another argument that can be present to support the hypothesis is based on the approach of the Italian economist Carlo M. Cipolla, who categorizes the humor in two: the one used to laugh with others and applying to laugh at others. In the first case, this type of humor is what generates a quiet, friendly and relaxed atmosphere in which people enjoy and share the humorous situation. In the second case, it is clear that this type of humor is a source of conflict and tension, as the white person humorous comment, if you do not have the ability to laugh at yourself, you'll be attacked and taken various attitudes, including which include fight or leave the group.
addition to the above, it can be argued that stress can be generated by the type of humor used. Among the types of humor and his ability to be a source of conflict is:
- The sharpness, defined as the critical acid, cruel and ingenious. Similar to sarcasm in intent but different in form, the sharpness is characterized by openly criticizing a situation or person, but using terms that seem to be diminishing humorous criticism but ultimately worsen your intention and get long-term effects .
- The irony is the figure of speech which implied the opposite of what is said. Can be part of the previous two, but by itself may be a source of conflict. For example, in a class a student may express "While we are passing that" while his body language says otherwise. In this case generate humor, but at the expense of another, if you notice the irony of the comment, will be offended.
- The Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated physical violence. You can be nice to see that in the case of several screen stars such as Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and more recently Michael Richards, in his role as Kramer on the hit sitcom Seinfeld. In this case, we know that the situation is fake and simply seeks to make public outlining a smile at the supposed misfortune of others. However, it also can occur in environments like school and situations of bullying or bullying in which this type of humor can be used to humiliate him to fall or hitting partner, for a public course would be the other fellow outlining an approving smile.
- Sarcasm, which is defined as "the lower form of humor but the highest form of wit." It makes a mockery disguised malicious and blatantly with offending or abusing someone or something. Simply find offensive and implies a generation of tension and discomfort in a group. In this case, verbal intonation Sarcasm is the key because it determines the degree of derision or intention to offend one party to another.
These arguments are not intended to prove that humor is a terrible thing, which only serves to offend and hurt others. Just to show that humor is simply a means that can be used to help others, raising morale, moral or something to motivate them, but also can cause tension and conflict if not used the right way, and that, as Nietzsche said: "The intellectual power of a man is measured by the dose of humor that is able to use."
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