1. a humorous way of looking at or treating something that is serious or sad
2. a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
3. Black humor is a kind of comedy that jokes about serious or depressing topics, such as hopelessness, suffering, or death. The black in black humor refers to the dark or depressing subject matter that is central to such comedy. Similar terms are black comedy, dark humor, and gallows humor. Sometimes black comedy is used as a way to point out or reflect on the absurdity of life—or, more specifically, of the dark aspects of life, like death and war. But like other comedy, sometimes it’s just used to get a laugh. Either way, it’s very popular in modern media.
2. a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
3. Black humor is a kind of comedy that jokes about serious or depressing topics, such as hopelessness, suffering, or death. The black in black humor refers to the dark or depressing subject matter that is central to such comedy. Similar terms are black comedy, dark humor, and gallows humor. Sometimes black comedy is used as a way to point out or reflect on the absurdity of life—or, more specifically, of the dark aspects of life, like death and war. But like other comedy, sometimes it’s just used to get a laugh. Either way, it’s very popular in modern media.
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Anti-humor and anti-jokes (also known as unjokes) are a kind of humor based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration which is set up as a joke.
Comedians known for their anti-humor are Norm Macdonald, Ted Chippington, Neil Hamburger, Corey Mystyshyn, and Bill Bailey.
Comedians known for their anti-humor are Norm Macdonald, Ted Chippington, Neil Hamburger, Corey Mystyshyn, and Bill Bailey.
ANTI-JOKE: (anti-humor)
Two atoms walk down the street, Silver and Iron. Suddenly, Iron screams and keels over on the floor, coughing up blood and a strange little ball that vanishes in an instant. Silver asks him what happened.
"I...I think I just lost an Electron."
Silver is taken aback. "Are you sure?"
Iron turns to him slowly. His eyes are pulsing red and veins are showing all along his shiny face. Clouds roll in. Darkness falls, thunder cracks in the distance, the light creating a sharp profile of Iron before he falls back into a darkness pierced only by his gleaming eyes. Finally, he opens his mouth, and slowly he wraps his word around every syllable, savouring it. He says... "Of course I'm fucking sure!"
REAL JOKE:
Two atoms walking down the street.
One says "I've lost an electron."
Other says "Are you sure?"
First says "I'm positive."
Two atoms walk down the street, Silver and Iron. Suddenly, Iron screams and keels over on the floor, coughing up blood and a strange little ball that vanishes in an instant. Silver asks him what happened.
"I...I think I just lost an Electron."
Silver is taken aback. "Are you sure?"
Iron turns to him slowly. His eyes are pulsing red and veins are showing all along his shiny face. Clouds roll in. Darkness falls, thunder cracks in the distance, the light creating a sharp profile of Iron before he falls back into a darkness pierced only by his gleaming eyes. Finally, he opens his mouth, and slowly he wraps his word around every syllable, savouring it. He says... "Of course I'm fucking sure!"
REAL JOKE:
Two atoms walking down the street.
One says "I've lost an electron."
Other says "Are you sure?"
First says "I'm positive."
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Get the huber gay mug.A form of humor involving a twist or joke making the joke seen as offensive, harsh, horrid. Yet the joke is still funny. You need to have pension for dark humor in order to find it truly funny. In a way, it could be seen as the jokes are so horrible in their twist that it makes it funny.
*Hears news about Sandy Hook*
Person 1: God, I can only imagine what was going through those kids heads in the last moments of their lives...
Person 2: Probably bullets
Person 1: OMG!! That's terrible! Can YOU even think of what their parents are going through?!
Person 2: Probably coffin brochures
Person 1: ...
Person 2: It's called dark humor. It's like food. Not everybody gets it.
Person 1: God, I can only imagine what was going through those kids heads in the last moments of their lives...
Person 2: Probably bullets
Person 1: OMG!! That's terrible! Can YOU even think of what their parents are going through?!
Person 2: Probably coffin brochures
Person 1: ...
Person 2: It's called dark humor. It's like food. Not everybody gets it.
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