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How to Be Funny: A Guide to Understanding and Improving Your Sense of Humour
Learn the psychology behind humour and how to apply it in your everyday life to make people laugh and like you more.
Have you ever wondered why we laugh? What makes something funny? And how can we be funnier ourselves? If you have, you’re not alone. Humour is one of the most universal and fascinating aspects of human nature. It’s also one of the most beneficial. Humour can help us cope with stress, improve our health, enhance our relationships and boost our happiness. In this article, we’ll explore the psychology behind humour and how it works. We’ll also share some practical tips on how to develop your own comedic style and skills. And we’ll show you how to avoid some common pitfalls of humour that can backfire or offend.
The three theories of humour
Humour is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that involves cognitive, emotional, social and physiological aspects. One of the main challenges of understanding humour is to explain what makes something funny and why we laugh at it. There are many theories of humour that attempt to account for the mechanisms and functions of humour, but none of them…
