What is the essence of humor?

Humor means different things to everyone. In my understanding, there are two essences of humor: optimism and self-deprecation.

When I was in middle school, my parents paid for a house in the school district so that I could be closer to school. Although the house was very dilapidated, the price was not low. A building has seven floors. Unfortunately, my family bought the seventh floor. My mother and I were both in bad moods, which meant I had to climb stairs every day. In contrast, my father was very happy and did not show any displeasure. Once, he brought his friend home for dinner. The uncle asked his parents which floor they lived on. The father answered the first floor without thinking. When we arrived at the door of the corridor, my father pointed to the 7th floor and told his uncle that it was the first floor from the top. The uncle was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Since you can't choose the floor, just adjust your mentality. Many things may sometimes backfire, so why not live in silence.

Humor can sometimes be self-deprecating. People who can laugh at themselves are people with very high emotional intelligence. Some people always laugh at others to make everyone laugh, and then call it humor. There is absolutely no humor in privileging your own joy over the pain of others. Self-deprecation does not mean feeling inferior, but rather lowering one's attitude appropriately. The temporary crouching is to jump higher. Self-deprecation is sometimes a good way to get rid of embarrassment and embarrassment and balance the storm. Just like a blind man lighting a lamp, it is not a kind of stupidity, or a kind of wisdom or even magnanimity.

In any case, humor is not about sitting around telling jokes and jokes every day. The wisdom of humor is profound and needs to be learned slowly. If life rapes you and you cannot resist, then enjoy it. We can also live in silence.