From "Humor Neutral: Post-Modernism, the Prisoner and the Construct of Culture":
Humor by necessity comes from societal friction: even the seemingly harmless 'Knock Knock' jokes of children are those of a society teaching that on the other side of the door -- on the Outside -- is indeed The Other. As such, many of these jokes are racist at heart: we do not need to be specifically told that the person unexpectedly knocking on the door is a person of color; the fear of The Other invading our perceived personal space -- our property -- makes that intuition clear...
As such, much humor is essentially the psychological reworking of the Fear of Losing Property While that property may be tangible goods, it is often a form of societal property: the perceived ground we stand on, and fear will be taken out from under us. Thus, humor is used to prevent a society from truly understanding its injustices...
I am Laslo.
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