Have you ever noticed something very strange, and just thought, "Dang, this is extremely strange and against the norm." and then began to laugh? Well, my friends, you have experienced the most persuasive theory of comedy known as the Incongruity Theory. It basically states that we tend to laugh at things that we are not used to sensing. For example, if we saw a monkey driving a car, we would find it funny because we are not used to seeing monkey driving cars. There are two other theories that describe different types of comedy: Superiority and Relief. But, for this blog, I will show y'all a great video that will force you to always remember the Incongruity Theory, it's nuts.
http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/most-outrageous-water-skiing-squirrel/
This reminds me of Hutcheson's illustration of the deficiencies in superiority theory: it can't explain why animals acting like people is funny. Shouldn't we feel like our "position" as humans, as the king of the animals, is challenged? But we obviously don't.
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