Someone told me that we laugh at other peoples misfortune and stupidity as it is a pack behaviour, similar to a pack of wolves snarling at a sick wolf to get it out of the pack in order to prevent it spreading infection.
2007-03-15 05:32:05 · 12 answers · asked by Bum Gravy. 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Its one of our human faults. I think people laugh at others misfortune because it makes them feel better about themselves and their own problems. In times like this people are just mean. And the pack thing is true to. For fear of sticking out of the crowd, everyone does the popular thing but the popular thing sucks and everyone is a follower anymore. There really aren't any leaders anymore. Cause most people are scared wusses.
2007-03-15 05:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Adam B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't laugh at other's misfortune. If the person was or is a real sh*t then I get this self-righteous feeling of ha they got what they deserved but I don't really laugh.
P.S. your avatar looks like it was taken from "The Ring" really creepy. (just an observation)
2007-03-15 05:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would never laugh at other peoples misfortune's,
who knows what in store for us.
2007-03-15 05:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by **ZARA** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's just relief that it isn't us on the receiving end. Or it makes us feel that there are more stupid and gullible people in the world than we are. Hey - let's all laugh because we would never let that happen to us1
2007-03-15 05:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just natures way of coping with the un known,people laugh at my misfortune all the time i dont take it personally as what goes around comes back around doesnt it.
2007-03-15 05:41:03 · answer #5 · answered by lainaloo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We laugh at others' misfortunes in celbration it's not happening to us. It's not so much that we revel in another's misery, but merely relieved... for now.
2007-03-15 05:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it makes sense.
But I think we laugh at others because we're insecure with ourselves, so we do not want to be socially attached to that behaviour lest we be seen as lesser, and our insecurities justified.
2007-03-15 05:41:22 · answer #7 · answered by Luis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do yes but I am a bad man who hates most people I had a people who hate people club but I hated the people who went and stopped going. This is irony just in case you are a American
2007-03-15 05:37:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes we do when it's funny! But that's our way of celebrating the fact that it didn't happen to us!!!
great minds think alike, eh lowflyer!
2007-03-15 05:44:22 · answer #9 · answered by The purple sock 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You laugh at them because you are cruel and cold-hearted. People need to start being nicer to eachother.
2007-03-15 05:40:28 · answer #10 · answered by agkwatson@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋