It is a difficult thing to like anybody else's ideas of being funny. ~ Ch. 3
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stein observes that humor is subjective and one’s own sense of wit rarely translates to others.
- In plain terms
- Finding someone else funny is hard because humor is personal.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor varies greatly between individuals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Whose humor do you not get?
- Why do you find that funny?
Another view
It dismisses shared cultural humor.
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