When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
There is humor in the darkest of moments - People who I have loved and passed away, and very high stake situations where you can't help but laugh. I think that's very human.
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.
I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.
There is something irresistibly funny about a funeral. More basically, I think the point is that beyond the deepest tragedy, there is laughter. Even in the midst of tragedy, there is always the possibility for it.
Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.