18-07-05 Systematizing Humor

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1. Agree and escalate

1. Escalation to ridiculousness
2. Role playing / simulating ridiculous escalation
3. Accusation
   1. “You’re not one of these…”
   2. “You just want to {insert fun motive}”
   3. Stereotype
4. Countersignalling / Fake Rapport Break
   1. Because she has no idea how to sing (when her singing voice is incredible)
   2. Yeah, but it’s hard to deal with how awful the sex is (when it’s out of this world)
   3. I bet you wish you know how to (do thing that they’re clearly awesome at)
   4. “You’re just going to take advantage of me.” (Requires flirtatious glinting eyes)
5. Complete the Pattern / Listener fills in missing knowledge
   1. Creates a sense of uncertainty that is resolved
6. Role Plays
   1. Voices of characters
7. Storytell
   1. With body language
   2. With voices
   3. With spaces in voice, creating tension, releasing tension
8. Surprise / Create Dissonance
   1. Create ridiculous situation (akin to role playing)
      1. “In a few minutes, I’m going to ask you to turn to the person next to you… and begin tickling them.”
9. Mocking / Self-Deprecation
   1. Mocking as ‘laughing at’
      1. Can be good natured, mutual
10. Absurdify
11. Voice tone, quality, vocal boldness
12. Tone
13. Volume
14. Depth
15. Pitch
16. Fullness
17. Reverberation
18. Speed
    1. Pacing
    2. Rhythm
19. Articulation
20. Emotional Response / Felt Sense
    1. Relaxedness
21. Topics
22. Taboo Topics
23. Salacious Topic

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