•How do two stand-up comedians exploit language to make us laugh?
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i don't know, but the bullet point suggests you've cut and pasted this from your homework. Why don't you watch some comedy double acts and take some notes, hmmm?
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it happens when a joke contestes your mind about a belief you have and when you think about it, you notice it is silly and than laugh at it.\n\nthe sound comes from when you breath and happen to do it really fast (mind you, other countries may say other expressions when their laughing. saying hahaha is purely a western things)
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http://www.authorama.com/laughter-1.html
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making fun of something that exists
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It is funny, no matter what they say. I have a lot of experience with jokes, and I know. The most important is HOW you say it. Keep it on, you'll do fine.
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Let me know when you start being funny.\n\nFirst hint - it usually helps to have some knowledge about what you're trying to make a joke about.\n\nSecond hint - start small, like maybe with knock-knock jokes or mad-libs.
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Don't try jokes on guys. They don't work with me...I mean they do...but not in the way that you might want them to.  You have to know this guy better to make him laugh.  Sometimes, the things people do and are serious about make a guy laugh.  It depends on my mood and the irony factor.  If it's not truly ironic...then it's not funny.
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Yes it is.\nThe ability of laughter to cause laughter indicates that humans might have "auditory feature detectors"--neural circuits that respond exclusively to this species-typical vocalization". These detectors trigger the neural circuits that generate laughter. A laugh generator that is initiated by a laugh detector may be why laughter is contagious.
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You could try to emulate Worf :)\n\nReally, though, true laughter is healthy and socially acceptable/attractive generally!  If you laugh nervously, you could try working on your confidence.  If you laugh inappropriately, you might try thinking about something else... or overanalyzing the situation, the intents of the speakers, or something distracting like that!\n\nJust a thought -  Good luck!
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ohhh. don't beat yourself up here.  humor is in the eye (ear?) of the beholder.  just because you didn't find the joke funny, doesn't mean your friend has any valid reason to be hurt by it.  a polite thing to do is smile and nod, and say, "i see!"  \n\nyour sense if humor is unique to you.... i think if you try to 'learn' it, it will only seem hollow and artificial.  only an englishman laughs twice: once when he hears the joke, and again the next day when he 'get' the joke.  \n\nif your friend is wise, he will remember your response, and not tell you appalling jokes.  then your suffering will be over.  for awhile.
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I TRY TO BE FUNNY.SOMETIMES I DONT THINK PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO TAKE ME.I LIKE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH,AND WISH I HAD IT IN ME TO BE A COMEDIANNE.
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Laugh Out Loud.\nFor details refer : \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lol\nhttp://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/lol.htm
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Comedy has always been about offending, and pushing the line. Let me rephrase, Good comedy has always been about offending. Who cares what these others think? Are they going to come up to you later and be like "hey, I read what you wrote on Reggie's cast, and I gotta say, not funny." \nAt that point, put on your best Lenny Bruce face and say, "yeah, fuk it, I wrote it! What?". \nYour line is funny, or you could write like, You're a genius like Stephen Hawking! But unlike him you'll be the one doing the walking!
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It isn't necessarily the joke that is told but the presentation. Try to relax and tell her an incident that happened to you that you ended up looking or feeling silly, where you can laugh at yourself. Actual events or familiar happenings are far more funnier then a rehearsed joke. Just watch comedians.
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Laughing My A*se Off; Laughing My F*cking Ar*e Off
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One would not be funny without the other.
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You ARE breathing while laughing.\n\nPeople laugh in many different ways....big bellowing laughs, snorts, wheezes, etc.\nEach one, in its own right, is a method or part of breathing. (Just like talking involves exhaling (and in some countries inhaling) to perform the action.\n\nThe typical "Hahahahaha" is the exhaling part of breathing. If you continue to enhale without inhaling, you will eventually pass out due to lack of oxygen. Then you will resume breathing normally as a reflex. (And being pass out is not really funny if you are the one doing it, lol)\n\nIf you are a snorter, then you are typically doing both the normal laugh (the exhale) with the occassional snort (which is an inhale) so you can laugh much longer.\n\nHope this helps!