Alphas what kind of humor do you like? (INTj, ESFj, ENTp, ISFp)
It is sayd that each of the four quadras has its own sence of humour and so here we are having 1/2 of the alfa together, as the types of ENTp and INTj, I would like to ask from rest of you fellow posters to post on everithing related to it into here.
The Surrealistic Humor of Alpha
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Surreal humour is a form of humour, stylistically related to the artistic ambitions of the surrealists, based on bizarre juxtapositions, absurd situations, and nonsense logic. A common element of surreal humour is the non-sequitur, in which one statement is followed by another with no logical progression.
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Another significant influence of surrealist humour on popular culture is Monty Python, most notably in their Goon Show-influenced TV series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, which featured a more lucid and intricate style of show structure and many more absurdities and non-sequiturs than the later show, Saturday Night Live. Since the influence of Monty Python, shows including humour of a primarily surrealistic nature include The Kids in the Hall, Mr. Show, The Ren & Stimpy Show, the comedy programming of Adult Swim (especially Williams Street shows such as Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman,12 oz. Mouse, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), Spaced, Late Night, Green Wing, and the comedies of Reeves and Mortimer. In anime, FLCL is another example. Other good examples of more recent surrealist humour can be found in the radio and book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett's Discworld book series, numerous graphic novels such as Flaming Carrot, and films by such directors as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal, Federico Fellini, David Lynch, Matthew Lessner and Peter Greenaway. Numerous websites also involve surreal humor, including Something Awful, White Ninja, Buttercup Festival, Men In Hats, and Homestar Runner. The hit television shows South Park, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Family Guy, Futurama, and The Mighty Boosh all use surrealism as a major part of their appeal. In stand-up comedy, famous stand-ups that perform surreal comedy include Ross Noble, Bill Bailey and Eddie Izzard. Even The Soup draws from absurdist humor, pointing out the absurdness of modern culture.
This is from Wikipedia's page on Surreal Humor, which seemed to be dominated primarily by shows which this forum has typed as being Alpha. So would you say that this is accurate in terms of Alpha's humor? And then what is it functionally about Alpha which contributes to this particular genre of humor and comedy?
Moderators: Feel free to move this thread to Alpha if it would be more appropriate there, but in this case since it deals with something as subjective as humorous taste, I thought that this thread in General Discussion would garner more input from other quadras.