Sena Jeter NaslundWhat is humor?' one of their professors had posed, and he had answered, ''nondangerous, unexpectedly inappropriate juxtaposition.
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Humor is the unexpected juxtaposition of two things that are not normally found together. It can be used for various purposes; it can be used to make us laugh, or to make us smile, or to make us think. However, what makes humor effective is that it’s different than anything else out there. It’s sometimes too much, but there’s something so irresistibly funny about it that we can’t help but laugh.
Source: Four Spirits
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