Types of humor

Who doesn't love a good chuckle? Humor helps deal with life's adversities and helps develop a perspective that reduces the harsh impact of the tough times, if one is going through it.

There are different types of humor. Which one is your favourite?

1. Satire- This is humor aimed mostly at political issues. The aim with this kind of humor is to simply raise awareness and bring to light glaring issues which might not have that impact without humor. It basically points out follies in humans especially in politics, with the help of exaggeration.

2. Black comedy or dark humor -This kind of humor is mostly based on making light often taboo or dark topics- like death, for example. Research has shown that people who engage in dark humor are less aggressive and more positive than people who don't.

3. Slapstick humor - This is mostly physical comedy. Think Laurel and Hardy. Things flying about, people falling anywhere but in each others' arms, uteer chaos everywhere.

4. Absurdist humor- This is the kind of humor that is more on the absurd side or that flirts with the boundaries of reality. Such humr is appreciated by a select few and might not fly with everyone.

5. Sarcasm - We all might be familiar with this style of humor, atleast me personally, because I have watched FRIENDS more times than it might be considered legal. It is mostly an insult covered up in a humorous way.

6. Self deprecating humor - Under this category of humor, one makes light of their own follies and weaknesses - for example- me thinking that something called the mushroom cut(haircut), might make me look good. Imagine a giant mushroom type head moving about in every day life, talking to people as if everything was ok.

7. Wit - Stringing together words that might be considered funny is called wit. Wordplay does feature in the category of wit.

These are just a few types of humor. I have kept this article short, because everyone nowadays (including me) has the attention span of an ant high on sugar.