On Humour

Two things tell you lot about people.

1. How people tell you a joke
2. How people take a joke that you have told them

I think humour has to be the most underrated of traits we have as a specie. Because come to think of it. In intra human relationships all we ever mean when we say "I get along quite well with him/her" is , I like his/her humour and he/she likes mine. that's all there is to it. No "oh we have things in common to talk about", "we like the same things". NO. All there is to relationships is that you understand each others humour. Simple

Accordingly there is a lot that can be determined about a person from the way he/she smiles and laughs. Take for example this picture

Well the woman looks reasonably happy about something. and yes the laughter appears to be contagious. Now take the following picture of our cousin.

Whats great about laughing is that it transcends our specie. That means that its intertwined in our systems as animals. and we naturally react well to it. Its as simple as rocket science you see.