He demonstrated in the book how cruel the reaction of humor is because it is a reaction that is unrelated to the reality observed by the person who laughs. He didn't demonstrate it that clearly of course, but I'm telling you the vision he gave me. Freud talked a lot about the pleasure the human being obtains from immoral fantasies that make him laugh and he talked a lot about jokes with sex themes. I mentioned his work because this was the first time I studied the psychology of humor, even though I don't think Freud's book clarifies anything. The unique interesting point in what I read was the comprehension regarding the cold reaction when a person is dominated by the tendency to laugh. When we laugh about something, we are being cruel in our judgment and we are not considering anyone's pain. We laugh at other people's ridiculous situations and ridiculous mistakes. We are distant from the problems and the worries of our surroundings. So, humor means indifference to other people's pain, which is not healthy. The human being must be sensitive and have pity on those who suffer. However, the indifference caused by humor can have also a positive meaning if it is indifference to human mistakes and to our suffering when we have to bear it because there is no other solution. Irony can help a lot people that are depressed or have no sense of humor. How does it work? You simply …show more content…
My interest in these unique pieces flourished after my grandmother gave me a blue dinner plate belonging to her mother as a wedding gift. I brought the plate out at. Thanksgiving for cranberry sauce and at Christmas for deviled eggs. Years later,I was rummaging a local antique mall in South Florida and discovered a saucer of the same color and pattern. The sticker on the bottom told me it was depression glass. I started reading any literature on the subject of collectible glass. The more I read the more I realized that much of the everyday glassware in my grandmothers' kitchens had been depression glass- Grandpa's transparent green coffee mug and the milky white cake plate where Grandma placed her tasty coconut cake . What Is Depression Glass? It was the first glassware to be machine-molded. Produced from the 1920s until the 1950s,it was inexpensive and of inferior quality. During the Great Depression when nearly everyone in the country felt severe economic strains, people could buy this glass at dime stores(today we call them dollar stores). To encourage the nation to spend in harsh times, movie theatres, gas stations,department stores and grocery stores offered depression glass as promotional giveaways. The cheap, colorful patterned glass once found at the botton of popcorn and cereal boxes is highly prized by today's collectors. The most valued patterns were made in the 1920s and 1930s by these companies:Indiana