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Old 2003-12-12, 14:41
jdoapc jdoapc is offline
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Default Slipping on a Banana Peel

I've a question, it relates to psychology I suppose, it's pretty basic.

Why do people find the misfortune of others funny? Today I listened to two radio dj's prankcall a lady, it's quite horrible http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?t=n&sid=6042&m=3&f=b&v=1.4&c=1204&r=&d=f , but even people hurting themsleves in 'comical' ways like running into a door or something? I don't have a clue.
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Old 2003-12-12, 22:03
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to make ourselves feel superior to the idiot who did the act.
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Old 2003-12-13, 03:12
'devil man' 'devil man' is offline
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why is anything funny? what IS funny? we can barely understand why people find things amusing. this is a pretty hard question!
 
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