What About Funny?
Whether you
believe humans first had the capcity for abstract thought 40,000-years ago or
as far back as 200,000-years ago, I say "Funny" has been treated poorly. Unlike a heart
surgeon, teacher or astrophysicist, one can't earn a degree in funny. Yet funny contributes
enormously towards the well-being of humanity.
Timeless and universal, this singularly human quality has been around for tens-of-thousands
of years. Furthermore, funny is welcomed in all races and societies, and
in every era of human existence.
Face it, Funny earned its keep over the past 2,000-years making innumerable comedic
contributions for the benefit of mankind: Whether Cicero asserting the importance of
humour in De Oratore; or the insightfully savage political cartoons which mobilized the
citizenry during the French Revolution; to the wondrous gifts of creators such as François
Rabelais, Oscar Wilde and Charles M. Schulz. And I haven't even touched on the extraordinary
contributions of stand-up comedy or black humour during war.
Facts
Funny is one of the most powerful qualities one can possess. Funny welcomes, enlightens,
warns, heals, loves, makes amends, is self deprecating educates, softens harsh realities,
empowers beats bullies, cuts through bullshit, fosters courage, belief, seals deals, lessens
tension and much, much more. Funny is no joke. It's the real deal.