Here are some questions that can help determine and develop your present sense of humor. Think of three situations in which you laughed last month and try to answer:
- Why did you laugh?
- What was the context?
- How did you relate to the subject?
- Was the humor original?
- Was the humor intended or not?
- Was it spontaneous or prepared?
- Did it disrupt the circumstances?
- What do you think of the person who caused or created it?
- Was the particular wording or sounding of the humor important?
- How important do you think timing and intonation were?
- How did others respond to the humor?
- Do you think these others were important for your appreciation of the humor?
- Are the three situations different or alike?
You can also use these questions to determine and develop your sense of non-humor, in case you didn't laugh while somebody was desperately trying to be funny. Repeat these questions every once in a while.
- Why did you laugh?
- What was the context?
- How did you relate to the subject?
- Was the humor original?
- Was the humor intended or not?
- Was it spontaneous or prepared?
- Did it disrupt the circumstances?
- What do you think of the person who caused or created it?
- Was the particular wording or sounding of the humor important?
- How important do you think timing and intonation were?
- How did others respond to the humor?
- Do you think these others were important for your appreciation of the humor?
- Are the three situations different or alike?
You can also use these questions to determine and develop your sense of non-humor, in case you didn't laugh while somebody was desperately trying to be funny. Repeat these questions every once in a while.