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September 9th, 2008, 08:59 AM
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 13,377 | Re: Sense of Humor
... on second thoughts -- it would give me a peaceful day to maybe catch-up with myself!!  | | | 
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September 9th, 2008, 11:18 AM
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#12 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 790 | Re: Sense of Humor
Bunch of nerds.
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September 9th, 2008, 11:20 AM
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 13,377 | Re: Sense of Humor
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Originally Posted by HistoryBuff7  Bunch of nerds. | Are you calling for your kin: 'Bunch of nerds, come in Bunch of nerds!'  | | | |
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September 9th, 2008, 11:23 AM
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#14 | | Suspended indefinitely
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Originally Posted by avon Are you calling for your kin: 'Bunch of nerds, come in Bunch of nerds!' | If you say so.
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September 9th, 2008, 01:07 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008 From: On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yea...I win!! Posts: 10,894 | Re: Sense of Humor
You tell 'em History Buff7.
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September 9th, 2008, 01:33 PM
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 13,377 | Re: Sense of Humor
He started it, too!!!
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September 9th, 2008, 01:36 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008 From: On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yea...I win!! Posts: 10,894 | Re: Sense of Humor
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Originally Posted by avon He started it, too!!! | Don't forget what mom said last night.!!
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September 9th, 2008, 01:41 PM
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 13,377 | Re: Sense of Humor
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Originally Posted by Pedro Don't forget what mom said last night.!! | That's okay, I'll tell Granny!! Ha ha, that'll sort her out!  BTW -I had nothing to do with that, it was you that started that as well -- how my innocence is sooo over-looked! Do I ever get sympathy? No I don't. It's soooo unfair!!
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September 9th, 2008, 03:33 PM
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#19 | | Lecturer
Joined: Jul 2008 From: USA Posts: 294 | Re: Sense of Humor
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Originally Posted by mlipo Does Coberst have one?
Can a sense of humor be learned?
Were any major philosophers (or their works) funny, or do the deeper questions of life preclude humor? | 1) Don't know Coburst well enough to answer.
2) Yes, humor can be learned as almost anything else. So can philosophy, which Coburst has done. So there's hope for him & all of us yet!
3) Agree with Niezchshe, but overall, by my readings of philosophy, they seem like a dry lot.
Harry Frankfurt's "On Bulls***" Anyone read that small but important work? There's humor in the whole concept & he seriously runs with it. | | | |
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September 9th, 2008, 03:46 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008 From: On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yea...I win!! Posts: 10,894 | Re: Sense of Humor
Take a gander at
Schopenhauer: not dry at all. Especially his essays.
John Dewey: not as funny as Schopenhauer but very readable.
Bergson wrote a book on humor. I smiled now and then but not with him. But that is true of all books that try to dissect humor, interesting but the patience dies in the process.
Haven't read Frankfurts book. Did read one about the Burger Court tho.  | | | |
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