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I've noticed that audiences laugh a lot and that most of what they laugh at is actually not very funny.

Isn't the very definition of funny is that it makes people laugh? Laughter is inherently a social, group bonding phenomena. Inherently, a social, group gathering will have more laughter. There is no such thing as something being objectively funny, funny only exists inside a group and social context, which provides the opportunity for the group to bond at someone's expense (possibly someone inside the group, possibly someone or something outside the group).




Yes. The next sentence was intended to explain what I meant.




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