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'pers' meaning something bad that happens to someone else
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and 'ective' meaning ideally somebody like Donald Trump.
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And the idea is that it's something bad happening
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but not to you or to somebody you love.
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Mel Brooks puts it in somewhat sharper terms,
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distinguishing between comedy and tragedy: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger.
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Comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die."
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To sum up, ingredients of humor is
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there has to be a target who experiences some harm. It could be an enemy.
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It could be a friend. It could be yourself. The harm shouldn't be so serious
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that it elicits strong negative emotions like fear, grief or pity.
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So, if a stranger slips on a banana peel and lands on his butt,