Why is it funny when people suffer?
Sep 21, 2007 at 6:57 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 61

bonkon

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Just watched the tazer guy and now this. I can't help laughing my socks off watching both videos, even if I feel sorry for the guy and am happy that it didn't get worse. I am not saying as far that they deserve it but both guys wanted to act smart and look where it got them.
 
Sep 21, 2007 at 8:00 AM Post #4 of 61
I think it's in human nature, you can change a baby from crying to laughing by bashing yourself in the head.
 
Sep 21, 2007 at 8:18 AM Post #5 of 61
I remember something about this from 'Boston Legal' (...now that's education
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Schadenfreude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

Heh! At the bottom of the wikipedia page it says:

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Sep 21, 2007 at 10:56 AM Post #7 of 61
How that clip could be funny at all really eludes me. More like oppressive.
 
Sep 21, 2007 at 11:33 AM Post #9 of 61
Oh my god, that was seriously funny.

Why?

"I was just joking around and it got stuck"

Pretending to be choking on something and then actually choke on something, very funny to me
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Sep 21, 2007 at 11:56 AM Post #12 of 61
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Don't forget the funniest of them all:

Grape Lady slips and falls!



**** ouch!
 
Sep 21, 2007 at 12:02 PM Post #14 of 61
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People getting hurt and then having their faces plastered all over the internet. Really funny.
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It's funny and embarrassing because we use it as a learning tool. We ourselves don't want to be the one in those humiliating situations, so we learn quickly through the laughter!

It's a sort of, bonding experience of heightened awareness.
 

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