On Dec 22, 1:04 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > its just a passing thought . But i was wondering why we laugh at > others..what would make us laugh or make fun of someone else,in the > sense that it is humiliating for the person concerned..ridicule..what > psychological reasons are behind it..in fact what makes us laugh at > anything...
Schadenfreude. We find something funny because we see irony. At least that's what I've always felt. Someone walking carefully over ice...slips. It's ironic, thus funny. They TRIED to be careful but to no avail, thus the irony of their care. It didn't help them. Things like that.
