The definition of humor and happiness

Humor

Defined because it's good to understand ourselves.

What causes a person to laugh, what is humor?

The mind is constantly looking out for things that might go wrong. Constantly, constantly checking and rechecking. It's stressful.

And if something goes wrong which the mind recognized as potentially going wrong, well then, of course. The mind took this possibility into consideration. The mind understands that that sort of thing happens.

But here and there are things which the mind just was not thinking about. Bizarre things out of left field that catch it off guard. When such things go wrong the mind momentarily says, "But it never even occurred to me to think about That! This is just too much!" And the mind momentarily "gives up". And lets everything slide off. All stress momentarily slides off. And there is a moment of euphoria.

And we laugh. We give up and we laugh.

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Happiness
The most essential thing to define. The impetus for all action, all everything. We must define Why we bother trying to do anything. Thus we must define happiness.

Quite simply it is the perception that we are moving away from death. And "death" can also mean nonexistance.

There are endless ways in which we can feel as if we are moving away from death. Tons of them are incorrect. Still, being incorrect that you are moving away from death won't make you any less happy in the short term.

Exposing yourself to lots of stimuli can simply give the feeling of being around lots of "existence". It makes you feel more alive.

Stuffing yourself of food can be such a stimuli. Escaping from reality can make it seem as if threats to your life are moving away, making friends can increase your "power" or that which helps you avoid death, getting someone to smile can be the same, the same with making money and/or hoarding money, feeling powerful one way or another, etc.

Even things like suicide can be seen as attemptedly logical acts to increase happiness. I won't bother explaining that one now though. Anyway, basically every act is performed as an attempt to increase 'happiness'.

But there is a long term and short term balance. How long will you exist? Will it really be forever? In some way you think it will, in some way you think it won't. To varying degrees depending on the scope of your mind. Etc.