Definition Essay About Being Funny

Like Bill Crosby said “Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, whatever your situation might be, you can survive it.” Humor can be taking a situation, event, or problem and adding little interesting details to make it hilarious. It can be composed of satire, offensive or gross humor. So, what is funny? Funny can have a variety of definitions for many people. People can think that acting foolish or falling down the stairs funny. What I really find funny is a comedian or a person making jokes about other person's race or copying their accent; in a good way. Everybody has something that makes them laugh; it can be as simple as farting in public.

Offensive humor is not for

everybody that can’t take a joke. Offensive humor is for those who don’t take everything seriously and like to have fun by listing at comedians make jokes out of politicians, celebrities, and people from other countries or race. Comedians, that make jokes out of someone, don’t do them to offend them or maybe they do, and if they do, they do it in an amusing way, but everything you hear from a comedian or person is not always true. Like Edgar Allan Poe said, “ Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” An example that I really enjoy is from Carlos Mencia, and he explains how he gets frustrated because his brother became a US citizen without being able to speak English correctly, and that when his brother went to take the US citizenship test; he took it in Spanish. After he explained that, he went on to say that he was ecstatic that in Arizona people that looked Latino or Hispanic would be asked if they had permission to live or work in the US. What made it even funnier is that he had a friend that was from England that came to the US illegally. And if his brother and his English friend got into an argument and the cops showed up; that his brother would be the one asked if he was in the US legally instead of his illegal friend. Due to his friend being white. I also thought it was hilarious because he was explaining it in a Spanish accent. This joke can offend many people, but what this joke represents is that Carlos Mencia doesn’t care if he hurts other people’s feels as a result of being about one of his family members.
Impersonating, voice changing, exposing, foolishness, exaggeration is part of satire humor. Satire humor is trying to a get point expose for people to explore them. Mostly every person enjoys satire humor as a result of not being offensive to them. And if the jokes are towards a group of people; the comedian will make it sound like it’s not directed towards them. Also, the comedian or person exposing the joke is trying to convince you to dislike an idea or a person, they do it in a way that doesn’t have offensive language, but instead, do it with irony. Satire humor sometimes is just to have a pleasant time. An example that I really enjoy is from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy Fallon dresses up as Donald Trump and Tyler Perry as a guest like always dresses up as Madea and they both do a sketch where Donald Trump calls Madea. Donald Trump calls Madea to know if she would be voting for him during the election. She responds by saying “I know damn well that this is not you calling”. Madea was all mad because she already knew who she was going to vote for. Donald asked her if he could ask her a few questions and she said no, but instead he continued to ask her the questions anyways. The first question was “ what is your main concern during this election” said Donald Trump and Madea responded by saying “It's simple you, you are my main concern”. Then he went on to say that when he wins and becomes president what should his first action be. Madea responded by saying to bring out the national guards and any armed forces and make them hand out jackets to the people. Then Donald asked why and she responded by saying “ If you win, everything would freeze and everything would be the hell over”. But, what made it interesting was that she said it in a ghetto voice; not to offend anyone, but it was hilarious. If you know Madea and know how she acts you would know why it was funny. Then Donald Trump responded by saying “Wrong, Wrong, Wrong”. The show went on, but I thought it was amusing due to Madea acting all mad and making the ghetto voices, and Donald Trump doing all his gestures and voices as well. The last question that Donald Trump asked Madea was “ what can I do to change your mind” said Donald and she responded by saying “ I’m Hillary Clinton and I approve this message”.
Now, what is not funny?

Sexist jokes, acting stupid, trying too hard to be funny, and making fun of homeless people are things that I don’t find amusing but instead anger towards those jokes. Some women jokes are acceptable, but making jokes saying that you hit your wife or girlfriend is not funny as a result of being too harsh on women. An example would be from the Huffington Post article explaining why sexist jokes are not funny “I like my violence like I like my beer” that is a joke told by some men. The so-called “joke” can be abusive towards women. Another example that I don’t find funny is acting stupid, it is not interesting when it comes to being funny, represents that you are just not funny enough and that you don’t know the definition of humor. Also trying too hard to be funny is so annoying. When people are funny, I think that they are just born with that sense of humor. Trying too hard is just embarrassing for that person, especially if you are trying to impress a girl you like. Chances are that you blew it by trying too hard. .It makes me dislike that person even more. I have seen videos where people like making fun of homeless people. For example, I saw a video on Youtube when some guys were taking pictures of a homeless guy and they thought that they were being funny. What I think of those people is that they just don’t have a heart and that they are very cruel to a vulnerable person, and that they are worth nothing. Some people just don’t know what to the extreme

means.
Everybody has their own definition of humor, but the more general definition is making someone laugh. Overall I think that satire and offensive humor are the more amusing humor. I would say that because the two senses of humor bring points out into the public and make people want to hear about them more. Also, some things cannot be funny at all, but some action or joke are just too cruel and to the extreme. I know I said that I liked offensive humor, but some jokes can be too harsh, and can even make the comedian or person reputation look horrible. The main point is to explore satire and offensive humor and to enjoy them and to add a little bit of humor to your life.