Humor to Lighten Your Day...
A joyful heart promotes healing; but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 15:13 What Is IT?...The tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Many theories exist about what it is and what social function it serves. People of most ages and cultures respond to it. The majority of people are able to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny, and thus they are considered to have a "sense of humor." The term derives from the medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as 'humours' (Greek: χυμός, chymos, literally juice or sap; metaphorically, flavour) controlled human health and emotion. A sense of what's funny is the ability to experience it although the extent to which an individual will find something funny depends on a host of variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, intelligence, and context. For example, young children may possibly favor slapstick, such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons (e.g., Tom and Jerry). Satire may rely more on understanding the target of it, and thus tends to appeal to more mature audiences. Non-satirical can be specifically termed "recreational drollery."
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