When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
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In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you realize you're wrong.
Humor helps people open up.
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
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