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On the internet, one or more tone indicators may be placed at the end of a message.A tone indicator on the internet often takes the form of a forward slash (/) followed by an abbreviation of a relevant adjective; alternatively, a more detailed textual description (e. g., / friendly, caring about your well-being) may be used.
An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or a private joke, is a joke with humour that is understandable only to members of an ingroup; that is, people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of shared interest. It is, therefore, an esoteric joke, only humorous to those who are aware of the circumstances behind it. [1]
Cognitive humor processing refers to the neural circuitry and pathways that are involved in detecting incongruities of various situations presented in a humorous manner. Over the past decade, many studies have emerged utilizing fMRI studies to describe the neural correlates associated with how a human processes something that is considered "funny".
The joke is a commonly transmitted type of internet meme. It is well known that orally-transmitted jokes and other kind of folklore undergo evolution and mutations. Internet speeds up and globalizes these processes. [6] A FAQ of rec.humor gave the following tongue-in-cheek description how jokes propagated in the era of newsgroups: [7]
If you've been seeing "/SRS" on your feeds lately, there's a good reason for it.
Relief theory suggests humor is a mechanism for pent-up emotions or tension through emotional relief. In this theory, laughter serves as a homeostatic mechanism by which psychological stress is reduced [1] [2] [6] Humor may thus facilitate ease of the tension caused by one's fears, for example.
I met a giant once. I didn't know what to say, so I just used big words. Did you hear about the dolphin romance? They really clicked. A horse walks into a diner.
Comic from The Ladies' Home Journal (1948) showing two children reading from a book titled Child Psychology and remarking "Grownups certainly like to complicate things!" Humor research (also humor studies) is a multifaceted field which enters the domains of linguistics, history, and literature.