Types Of Humor

Indeed it does seem that not everyone is able to appreciate every kind of humor. While I am capable of finding most jokes funny even when others do not, some jovial statements serve only to bewilder. Just today I was reading an article about a young lady being teased for going vegetarian. One example of the tease was about having stray pigs and cows running around as a consequence of people going vegetarian.

I suppose this sort of humor can be regarded as a form of hyperbolic absurd humor, since it is indeed possible (albeit in a purely absurd way) that farmed animals could become strays and wander all over the place. The mental image of farm animals wandering about a city is somewhat amusing, though forced at best. I suppose the very unlikeliness of the scenario proposed does pretty much outweigh any form of amusement at its absurdity.

Then again, I do tend to have a sadistic streak in enjoying physical comedy to an extent. Hell, I'd even laugh at certain scenes in Ingluorious Basterds for their sheer absurdity despite the gore. Of course, I suppose my benchmark for humor requires a certain degree of likeliness before it qualifies. Otherwise, it is merely an absurd or, in rare occasions, a simply offensive statement.