Schopenhauer, sans the Power

Arthur Schopenhauer adds to what Kant already wrote about. I like Schopenhauer much better than Kant, especially his theory.

While he agrees that there is an expectation of what is to come, and when it is not fulfilled, we laugh, Schopenhauer adds a part about the real object and the concept. See the example below..

Kayla: Ok...What's yours like?
Me: Mine holds junk
Kayla: Damn, I thought it was a cup
*Laughter Ensues*

This example actually happened, but I changed the name of the guesser, and I left out a lot of the previous clues that made her think it was a cup (i.e. holds liquid).

Another example, although in a mildly depressing (while hilarious) form comes from (yet again) my favorite comic strip Cyanide&Happiness!

While it is sad that the boy's parents get divorced, it's funny how it happens, and the fact that neither of the parents stopped to ask the boy what it was (or for them...what caused it).

There is a concept: the cup, or the drinking problem, and then there is the real object, a cup to protect a man, and a cup to drink out of; and a drinking problem with alcohol, and a mathematical drinking problem. What ensues is what Schopenhauer referes to as "ludicrous".