The internet is home to a lot of crazy things, and the subreddit 'Comedy Heaven' is a great example of it. From funny Amazon reviews to absurd social media posts, this community serves as a repository for a wide range of content. Its 1.7 million members are constantly on the hunt for the next laugh, scouring online depths to preserve everything that might go unnoticed by the casual browser but is guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of those who appreciate the unconventional.
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In order to explain this subreddit's massive success we need to get a little academic. Part of its appeal could probably be understood with the incongruity theory of humor.
According to Dr. Alex Borgella, who is an assistant professor of psychology at Fort Lewis College, it "suggests that we find fundamentally incompatible concepts or unexpected resolutions funny. Basically, we find humor in the incongruity between our expectations and reality."
I Am Grateful
Wtf Man
90 Second Cycle
This is similar to the techniques of stand-up comedians today — they speak of the set-up and the punch (line).
The set-up is the first part of the joke and it creates the expectation while the punch (line) is the last part that violates that expectation. In the language of the incongruity theory, the joke’s ending is incongruous with the beginning.
Indeed, many of the posts on 'Comedy Heaven' involve setups that lead to unexpected punchlines, such as a girl who drew a picture of her cat and thanked the vet for "carefully removing its testicles," or a chat between two people discussing Roe vs. Wade, only for one to reply they don't watch boxing.
Boxing
Aaaaand...that's how egregious, draconian laws are passed; too few folks are aware of and/or care about the effects of laws that they don't think about or think will affect them. No one cares until it happens to them.
There Is A Person At Your Front Door
Garfield
The "slap heard 'round the world" wasn't a big deal to Odie and Nermel. They are more fans of the Golden Globes.
The first philosopher to use the word incongruous when analyzing humor was James Beattie (1779).
When we see something funny, he said, our laughter "always proceeds from a sentiment or emotion, excited in the mind, in consequence of certain objects or ideas being presented to it."
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Puerto Rican Discuss Me
just a guess do they be sayin you smell like racism???
Solved
The Flesh Harvester
Our laughter "seems to arise from the view of things incongruous united in the same assemblage."
And the cause of humorous laughter is "two or more inconsistent, unsuitable, or incongruous parts or circumstances, considered as united in one complex object or assemblage, as acquiring a sort of mutual relation from the peculiar manner in which the mind takes notice of them," Beattie thought.
Ricky Pee Pee
My mom never would have let me live that down. She’d be gleefully planning out how to work that story into her speech at my wedding.
Keep On Truckin’
Big Jim
Hashbrown
For more posts that have "ascended" into 'Comedy Heaven,' fire up our earlier publications on the subreddit 50 Times Accidental Comedy Gold Was Spotted On Social Media and 50 Social Media Posts That Are Comedy Gold.
Mike
We need clarification. Is Mike very tough or just pleased to see you?
Foot
Horse
Caricature Artist
God Bless
Mayonnaise
Duality Of Man
Yikes
Bald People
Goblin Mode
Ham Sniffer
Dance Therapy
United States Strategic Command
Cheese
Smallest Number
There are two kinds of people. Those who already knew the correct number was circled, and those who didn't.
Load More Replies... The correct answer is "There is no "smallest" number here; there's only a smaller and a bigger one."
Yeah, it really is a stupid question. Because it's 3, innit.
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#1: 3 is the SMALLER number; not the smallest as there aren't three or more. #2: HUH?
Ask stupid questions, get stupid answers. What was the kid supposed to write there? How you know the answer... Because God enlightened me!
One and zero are both smaller than 3. The rainbow color order is also correct. This kid's going places.
I thought this was a wizard of oz reference.... somewhere over the rainbow
Brisket I Made Today
Nintendo
Condensation
Sexual Moans
Andrea
In the meantime, Andrea has moved to another state and changed her name
Customer Service
Theorem Proof
Crying And Shaking
Artifact Of The Month
Spongebob Popsicle
Christophers Longest Run
Don't worry, that's just Superman spinning the Earth backwards to prevent Lois Lane from dying. Again.
Mirror
Kombat
Clams
Complimentary Coffee And Mini Muffins
Get Cancer
Mongo
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Huh, none of the posts will load but the ads do. Get it sorted, Bored Panda.
Huh, none of the posts will load but the ads do. Get it sorted, Bored Panda.
