I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
Humor is the most precious gift I can give to my reader, a reminder that the world is not such a terribly serious place. There is more than video games and drugs and nuclear threats; there is laughter, and there is hope.
Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject.
Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.
I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.
I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.
If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.
People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.