Humor of the elements

[Creepy-male]

How does each element look when it's being used to generate humor?

EDIT

Here's what I think:

Ne: Humor comes from saying one thing, and meaning another--and having the subtext recognised. Or, spouting nonsense, and having the fact that it's nonsense recognised. Think of Borat.

Fe: Humor comes entirely from delivery. The material itself can be nonsensical, like running up to someone, jumping next to them, and yelling out "DID SOMEBODY ORDER A LARGE HAM?!" Think of Bill Cosby's "Dentists" routine. Or, better yet, just think of Bill Cosby.

Si: At least one element seems to be building humor around senses. Think of Andy Kaufman and his mockery of Texas.

Ni: Making random connections between things. "Life is like a bowl of tomatoes. At some point, everything in it was picked beforehand." I don't know if that example counts, nor do I know of any examples. I think the underlying idea is an inflated idea of absurdity. Niffweed's posts come to mind (and for the love of God don't turn this into a type discussion).

Te: Deadpanning, maybe? I'm not sure how this would be differentiated from Ne. I can only think of Expat's examples right now, and I'm not sure if LSEs can even feel emotions, so I don't know if they can joke.

[munenori2]

humor? Maybe some too. I think the guy is xLE but definitely valuing:

"Would you bang that girl over there? *I look where he's pointing and laugh since it's obvious he's not serious* Do not save the whales, Adam."

"Man, I would have sex with the wall you just built quicker than half the women in this building right now. And I would call it the next day."

"You know why I go to the gym? Hot moms. It's just that off chance that one day one will walk up to me and say, "Let's hook up in the locker room." Heeeeell yeeeeeah!"

"I can respect Biff again. He just walked past that one guy that's lazy as fuck and shoved a bag full force BAM *motions* across the belt straight into his nuts. Coolest thing he ever did."

"Getting knocked out isn't so bad. One time me and my friend were drunk and I was like, "Let's box" and he punched me straight in the face. I just sort of fell over and woke up the next day and couldn't remember going to sleep."

"We share an alcoholic bond."

"Dude! That box was THIS close to ending your life. AWESOME! Total matrix shit. I was all slow motion, "NOOOOOOO."

[717495]

Te humor is like finding the stupidity or oddity in trends of past or present, like when someone has the advantage and they still totally blow it because of sudden factors or problems. Idiots!

[iAnnAu]

Te humor is like finding the stupidity or oddity in trends of past or present, like when someone has the advantage and they still totally blow it because of sudden factors or problems. Idiots!

My LSE SO & I spend a lot of time doing this. We're also constantly doing things to make the other laugh, but I'm not sure how to generalize.

I know my humor threshold goes down the more tired I am; often as I'm drifting off to sleep he'll say something and I'll start giggling and he'll be like "It wasn't THAT funny," and I just laugh harder. Also, he thinks it's hilarious when I react to my hypersensitivity, and so he's taken up licking me. Ew!

Last night I was lying on my side and he snuggled up to me and licked my shoulder blade. When I didn't react, he rolled away, and I simply rolled onto my back and let the sheet dry me off. As soon as I got back onto my side, he licked me again, and I dried off again. It happened a third time, and this time when I rolled onto my back, the sheet was too damp to dry me, so I said, "Goddammit, Jon, now I have to sleep in the wet spot and we didn't even have sex!" He started off with an evil laugh, but since I kept giggling almost deliriously (I was reeeeeally tired), the Muah-ha-has turned into giggling in kind.

[Brilliand]

Ti: Pushing things to their absurd logical conclusions.

[Logos]

Te humor is like finding the stupidity or oddity in trends of past or present, like when someone has the advantage and they still totally blow it because of sudden factors or problems. Idiots!

[717495]

Not really sure how that applies to Ni. If someone observes trends of past, then it could be related to Ni, but Te humor seems based more on stupidity or oddity. Is that what you're getting at?

[Logos]

Not really sure how that applies to Ni. If someone observes trends of past, then it could be related to Ni, but Te humor seems based more on stupidity or oddity. Is that what you're getting at?

No, what I'm getting at is simply that trends of past, present, and future deal with Ni. So most likely what you are seeing is Ni + Te sort of humor, but it is still mostly tied to Ni and not Te.

[Banana Pancakes]

Ne: Humor comes from saying one thing, and meaning another--and having the subtext recognised. Or, spouting nonsense, and having the fact that it's nonsense recognised. Think of Borat.

Ti: Pushing things to their absurd logical conclusions.

These 2 basically describe my humor. I can't stand Borat though.

I'd add to Ti: Generally summarizing someone's comments or behaviors in a humorous light (I guess that's combined with Ne though).

My thoughts on some of the others:

Si: Directly correlated to senses. Making others experience or imagine weird or unpleasant sensations, etc. seems to amuse them.

Fe: Is there Fe humor? I know they try to exaggerate emotions a lot to produce an effect in others, but I don't think they have a specific genre. I suppose it is all in the delivery as Gul says, although the ham thing seems Ne and cosby doesn't seem Fe.
edit: on further speculation I think it is actually people's emotions/reactions/intonations/behavior in various situations that Fe types find humorous.

The following are just my speculation since I don't really "get" their humor:

Se: Maybe forcing people to do stupid/goofy things?

Ni: no idea

Te: The mocking inefficient behavior seems true

Fi: Are these the people who will fight/act negatively towards close friends or significant others because they both know the true underlying relationship?

[The Exception]

Life is like a box of unsharpened pencils. POINTLESS.

[Creepy-male]

Haha, you really sharpened that one down! So precise!

I guess I go for more of a spam angle. But perhaps mine is meatier And more post-cise? I dunno!



EDIT

Come to think of it, spam has ham in it, yes?

I'd say, rather than meatier, I'm just more able to ham it up!