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Old 11-30-2004, 12:55 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by d*d
previous quotes by myself and ARTelevision worked on the premise that humour is about a feeling of superiority over someone else because they are suffering a misfortune
Exactly, because it's human nature. If something terrible happens to someone that we do not care about, we laugh. Why? Because, for the most part, society and humans are evil at heart.
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