Humor helps people open up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.
Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.
Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.
I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.