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Just a quick point. Humor to me involves everyone. The notion of being cruel at someone's expense just to get a laugh is not humor. If everyone in the room can not laugh about it then it could be suspect. Sure some people have perceived slights and may not be able to laugh at everything. But cruel humor exists and to me it is not funny.
I remember as a kid in grammar school how mean kids could be. 9 year old kids making fun of the girl who wore a wig because she was going through cancer treatments. The kids called her bush and thought it was funny. But you could see the hurt on the girls face. Another overweight girl would walk by and someone would start singing I feel the earth move under my feet. That is not humor. That is just being an asshole. But young kids probably are not mature enough to know that yet.
Life is funny AND sad. Thankfully it is temporary.
I remember as a kid in grammar school how mean kids could be. 9 year old kids making fun of the girl who wore a wig because she was going through cancer treatments. The kids called her bush and thought it was funny. But you could see the hurt on the girls face. Another overweight girl would walk by and someone would start singing I feel the earth move under my feet. That is not humor. That is just being an asshole. But young kids probably are not mature enough to know that yet.
Life is funny AND sad. Thankfully it is temporary.