The Phylog 3.0

So I read through the whole thing, and I whole-heartedly agree.

However, I do see myself as someone whith a sense of humor; therefore, you should have one, too.

 

But back on topic. The problem with TV is that it is, indeed, something for the masses. If you expect the audience to have a certain level of intelligence to understand the joke, you risk half of the viewers not getting it.

Other things, such as slapstick, are sort of universal. Not everyone finds them funny, but we all understand it if someone gets hit in the face with a cake or slips on banana peel or similar (altough, I don't think these are done anymore...)

 

Not saying that people who watch TV are dumb, though. No.

 

Now onto memes... *sigh*

I am not overly fond of them, for they tend to be very, very repetitive. The same joke for literally the 100th time gets rather... tiring.

 

But what about satire or sarcasm? They are sometimes rather sublte, not ALL in-your-face. Although I've learned that most people don't get it if it isn't obvious. Which is annoying, because sarcasm is something that I find extremely entertaining, and use often.

But does that make me an elitist? No. I think it's when someone thinks they're better than others because of their taste in whatever it might be that makes said person an elitist.

 

And hey, not everyone likes simply humour. Cheer up a bit, the world's a far too serious place, anyway.

Of course I actually do...it just doesn't gel with the masses, I guess that's the problem. It's not like it's even that out there, it's certainly not twisted or anything like that (I hope???). But yeah, it's difficult to really imagine someone without a sense of humour of some sort. It's just whether it fits with yours, I guess?

 

This is definitely where I feel my suppressed elitism rears its ugly head. There's just not a big enough emphasis on quality these days, only on the dollars and cents, not so much the sense. It's catering to the masses I don't take well to. And I get deeply frustrated by that, and I almost believe that people should raise their standards to meet it. But that's equally stupid and selfish, that's not how people work, and it's pretty insulting to judge their humour and tastes like that.

 

Slapstick (or general physical comedy) is quite interesting. Again, when it's done well, it's really great. It was so peculiar that earlier this year that there was I think this 8 episode series by one of our Australian modern physical comedians, Frank Woodley, and it was quite refreshing to see such a simple and sweet show on TV, with maybe about 10 lines of dialogue per half hour episode. It's by no means one of the best things I've ever seen, though what made it quite interesting was the underlying tragedy throughout it. Good comedy does involve some sense of the tragedy of real life underneath.

 

I mentioned satire before, and yes, very much for those reasons. Good humour/satire also makes you THINK, and that's often lost in the mainstream. Irony plays a huge role in that as well. Sometimes memes can pull it off, but you have to sift through a lot of rubbish to find any gems. I guess that applies to everything?

 

Also sarcasm is the best. I'm not being sarcastic. But I often am to friends, and that's usually been my shtick with friends, though I mix levels of how deadpan I am to test them on how much they believe me, with hilarious results?

 

Things are funny because the absurdity of humour has to contrast with the seriousness of life...or even the seriousness of humour has to contrast with the absurdity of life, however you wish to look at it. I dunno, being too serious is certainly a problem, but also you need to get real, and that almost adds to it all, I guess. I know that wasn't really what you were meaning, I get it, and thanks. Cheering up is definitely a thing I need to do. As well as not treat everything so cerebrally.

 

When i want to laugh, I make a baby laugh. It must be the oldest form of slapstick; but it works every time. A few times in a row, even.

I guess so. Though I can't say I'm really in regular contact with babies. Babes maybe.

 

Actually anyone laughing often makes me laugh or at least smile. Not saying that's abnormal, but yeah. I guess that's why I don't mind laugh tracks themselves that much. Especially when it's ridiculous, like in my guilty pleasure, Married....With Children. It's just so absurdly over the top, it's great.

 

Besides making babies laugh (which is seriously amazing), I find the most humor come out of using your imagination to think of ridiculous situations, and sharing those with friends.

 

This might not relate cuz I kinda forgot what this entry said, but yeah

 

Oh hey, I found a secret message in your last post! You should've hidden it harder.

Yeah, I kinda want to forget what this entry is about. But yeah, that's fun stuff there.

 

And that acronym entry was totally not inspired by me making that post, no way.

 

Oh, it totally wasn't. I was even going to say as much in my acronym, but it got messed up. I guess I don't use acronyms enough to have the hang of it.