What makes it funny?

[KentaRawr!]

http://www.innocentenglish.com/cute-animals/funny-animal-pics/funny-polar-bear-pic-img121.jpg
http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/funny-sign1-tm.jpg
Why are things funny? Most of the time, I laugh at things because they're bad things happening to other people. But those two are different. Why are those funny? Why did I laugh at those? What do you think triggers funniness?

[rubah]

"Before laughter, surprise."

[Namelessfengir]

they weren't really that funny so i dont know why you laugh.

laughter is the basis of your personality as such it is different for every person.

i laugh at whats funny

[Kes]

The second one is definitely laughing at the stupidity of others because it implies someone, somewhere needed the sign or thought it was a good idea.

[Rantz]

The sign declares something which you'd think would be obvious and so putting up a sign about it would be redundant (although it most likely signals that the road isn't sloped or even sloped downwards, so that it's especially much water on this road during rain).

The polar bear just looks a bit silly because it is not in its ordinary angle.

[Relapse]

I usually laugh at stupidity. I am pretty much immune to normal humor unless its really funny.

[Aerith's Knight]

example of stupidity:
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/4/25/f_20664365418m_b884bc1.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/25/f_20664365418m_b884bc1.jpg&srv=img32)

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/4/25/f_signagefailm_a9da8fb.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/25/f_signagefailm_a9da8fb.jpg&srv=img32)

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/4/25/f_58d59f58m_2b74a5e.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/25/f_58d59f58m_2b74a5e.jpg&srv=img32)

[Vermachtnis]

Polar Bears getting hurt is hilarous, cause Polar Bears are evil!

[Old Manus]

I didn't find those signs particularly funny. AIDS, however, is funny.

[Earthworm Jim]

http://b.imagehost.org/0625/HillaryScary.jpg

Funny AND disturbing.

[Aerith's Knight]

What makes it funny?

weed :)

[Momiji]

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll65/momijitsukuyomi/sadlynowryyyyyyyyyy.jpg

60% of you won't get it.
25% of you will laugh.
15% of you will headdesk/facepalm.

[Vermachtnis]

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll65/momijitsukuyomi/sadlynowryyyyyyyyyy.jpg

60% of you won't get it.
25% of you will laugh.
15% of you will headdesk/facepalm.


Mudamudamudamudamuda! ZA WARDO! Toki wo tomare! Soshiite toki wa ugokidasu! Roada rollera da! WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

Do I win?

[Momiji]

It wasn't a contest. :p

I left a hint in the name of the image if you view the properties anyway. ^^

[Aerith's Knight]

I proudly belong to the 60%

[KentaRawr!]

She's slowing down time to throw a bunch of knives! How mean! :(

[blackmage_nuke]

It's because you have low standards

[Momiji]

I proudly belong to the 60%

I might as well explain it. It's ZUN's (the creator of Touhou games) homage to Dio Brando from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Sakuya Izayoi (the maid in the screenshot) has the ability to throw knives and manipulate time. In the Touhou fighting game 'Immaterial and Missing Power', one of her special attacks is called 'Sakuya's World', a reference to Dio Brando's 'ZA WARUDO' ('The World').

This is the original attack. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qbArvIqZzkI)

If you give me a week or so, I can record myself playing IaMP so you can see Sakuya's full attack. The computer I'm using is horrible at recording due to the fact that it's horribly slow. I'm getting my laptop sometime in the upcoming week, so I'll record it then.

[cloud21zidane16]

I usually find bad things happening to others funny, which is a bit out of order:p check my profile picture. Also stupidity like those signs makes me laugh.

[Goldenboko]

So what your saying is, its not actually that funny. :P

[scrumpleberry]

Simple hilarity comes from something a little bit scary - things where they wouldn't normally be, doing what they wouldn't normally do, for example. Finding things funny and fear are actually very close emotions, especially when you're very young. That's why if you're playing with a baby and it's all giggly and then suddenly it starts to cry, you've probably just taken the funny game too far and moved out of the zone where it feels comfortable and safe.

I can't explain more sophisticated types of humour.

[BardTard]

I laugh at things that
-are stupid
-are random
-make me feel like a genius

[Proxy]

lulz