In almost every movie, a boy attempts to impress a girl. Either he succeeds or fails. When he succeeds, we don't necessarily find it funny, but when he fails, it is hysterical. But why do we laugh when he fails? Is it because we are glad that we were not the one failing? Or because we know how the person failing feels? Or is it because the person is a straight up f*cking dumb *ss?
Rod, for example, is a straight up f*cking dumb *ss. First, he is wearing a cape and barely can call his vehicle a dirt bike, but that is not what separates Rod from the crew; instead, Rod is one of those "determined to do anything" straight up f*cking dumb *ss who is willing to do anything, including jumping over the neighborhood pool (which is SUPER impressive and hot), to impress Denise.
We find this funny because of the Superiority Theory, which basically states that we laugh at people that we are superior over. Is that true for this case? Most likely so unless Rod himself was superior over you, meaning that a straight up f*cking dumb *ss is more superior over you. So if you don't find this video funny, then you may want to think about your true role in society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3i9zN3M7wQ
You certainly capture the essence of Hobbes's idea about humor, and why he's somewhat distrustful of it. For Hobbes, there are always power differentials--we are always more or less superior or inferior. Humor can make that clear. Another way to state that, in more Hutchesonian terms, is that humor cuts through social roles and is the great equalizer.
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