What is American humor that China people don't understand?

I am ignorant. Let me briefly talk about my own views and correct my shortcomings.

Western humor has a profound cultural background. Westerners' humor can't be said to be innate, but it can be said to be born with humorous cells. There is a saying in the west that can explain this situation incisively and vividly, that is: you can not be a good person, but you must never be a person who doesn't understand humor. The Russian writer Chekhov also said: People who don't know how to joke are hopeless.

Most western humor is full of wisdom, more subtle and more thoughtful. Westerners know how to laugh at themselves, and are good at expressing humor with self-deprecating methods, and at the same time gain the intimacy of each other.

Comparatively speaking, the development of humor culture in China is relatively backward. China is a country that has experienced feudal system for thousands of years. People have strong self-restraint and worry too much. They prefer to show their perfect self in communication with others, and it is difficult to laugh at themselves. Therefore, humor is mostly directed at the third party, which is relatively simple and direct, less clever and subtle. Now it has developed into a situation of "yellow jokes, short messages and limerick flying all over the sky". Most of these dirty jokes are vulgar and have no hierarchy. I personally oppose them.

Humor is a manifestation of wisdom, which must be based on rich knowledge. Only when a person has the ability to assess the situation and extensive knowledge can he be rich in conversation and interested in Miao Yan, thus making an appropriate metaphor. Humorous people feel calm, equal, detached, relaxed and intelligent. I sincerely hope that the development of humor culture in China can be on the right track, with less vulgar taste and more wisdom and elegance.

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Different cultures between China and foreign countries lead to different personalities.

For example:

Westerners are more likely to laugh happily and orientals are more likely to get angry when they suddenly meet a semi-funny prank in the street and are scared to death.

Third, many short stories circulating in the world compare China, the United States and Japan:

American officials found the body of an alien on the road and ordered servants to take him back for genetic testing.

After Japanese officials discovered it, they were ready to take it back for anatomical research;

China officials found out and said, "Go! Pull it back into the soup. "

Three countries are better than development: each country takes out one person, assigns an orangutan and puts these three groups in a closed room. Whoever can give birth to a baby orangutan can prove which country is developing rapidly.

Half a year later, the door of Meituan opened and the exhausted man came out with a gorilla in his arms. The American audience cheered.

Half a year later, the room of the Japanese delegation opened and the exhausted man came out with a gorilla in his arms. The Japanese audience was full of frustration, but they still looked at China's room with contempt.

Two months later, the door of the China delegation finally opened, and the exhausted man came out with a gorilla in his arms, with an angry expression on his face: "What bad luck, how can there be a male gorilla?"

Football in three countries:

One day, the American football coach met God and asked, "God, when do you think America will win the World Cup?" God: "wait another fifty years!" " "The coach cried at that time:" It's over! I can't wait for that time! "

The Japanese coach couldn't help it, so he took his son to God and asked, "God, when do you think Japan can win the World Cup?" God: "it will take a hundred years!" " "His son cried at that time:" It's over, I can't wait for that time! " "

Coach China felt that his team was developing rapidly, so he went to God and asked confidently, "God! Tell me when we can win the World Cup in China! " God cried at that time: "It's over!" I can't wait for that time! "

Three kingdoms are better than wine: the United States always gives a mouse a glass of whisky, and the mouse washes away, but runs ten steps, when! Lying asleep, the American is the cow X, the Japanese gave a mouse a glass of green wine, and the mouse ran five steps. When, lying asleep, the Japanese was Niu X, and the China took over his attractive job and poured it into the mouse's mouth, and the mouse went out with a whoosh. The United States and China have laughed at the Japanese, and it is at this critical moment, when! The door was kicked open, only to see the mouse holding a big stick and asking, "Where's the cat?"