http://www.hodu.com/blog1/when-humor-hurts-and-when-humor-heals/ Working Towards a Better World Through Better Communication Skills, Interpersonal Relationships and Personal Growth Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:02:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hodu.com/blog1/when-humor-hurts-and-when-humor-heals/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anonymous Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.hodu.com/blog1/2005/04/when-humor-hurts-and-when-humor-heals/#comment-6 If you stop to analyse every funny thing you are about to say, you might just end up saying nothing at all - and maybe miss out on one of those memorable moments in life. Yes you could say something stupid, even hurtful, but isn't that part of being human and don't we learn much more by our mistakes than getting things right? We can always apologise for a comment that goes wrong. Those people who make nasty comments and call it humour are usually those who don't care too much about others anyway. If you stop to analyse every funny thing you are about to say, you might just end up saying nothing at all – and maybe miss out on one of those memorable moments in life. Yes you could say something stupid, even hurtful, but isn’t that part of being human and don’t we learn much more by our mistakes than getting things right? We can always apologise for a comment that goes wrong. Those people who make nasty comments and call it humour are usually those who don’t care too much about others anyway.

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