What we have yet to achieve in these theories is a satisfying account of humor's relation to the absurd; the humor of strange riddles and inversions of logic. It makes sense that a response which is calming could have something to do with our nervous responses, but I don't see any sense in why I should feel a surge of relaxation after hearing whatever strange reason the chicken has for crossing the road. Similarly, I don’t see how nervous energies could have anything to do with a joke about a penguin and a rabbi having drinks together in a bar, even if I still find it funny. Humor’s relation to fear and humor’s relation to absurdity are equally integral to the phenomenon, yet there is little obvious connection between the two aspects.
But what are we to make of the absurd? (part 4)
But what are we to make of the absurd? (part…
But what are we to make of the absurd? (part 4)
What we have yet to achieve in these theories is a satisfying account of humor's relation to the absurd; the humor of strange riddles and inversions of logic. It makes sense that a response which is calming could have something to do with our nervous responses, but I don't see any sense in why I should feel a surge of relaxation after hearing whatever strange reason the chicken has for crossing the road. Similarly, I don’t see how nervous energies could have anything to do with a joke about a penguin and a rabbi having drinks together in a bar, even if I still find it funny. Humor’s relation to fear and humor’s relation to absurdity are equally integral to the phenomenon, yet there is little obvious connection between the two aspects.