Humor

                This is a bit of an interesting one to coin.  Humans humor each other every time they see each other, assuming they actually see the other person.  However even then, in some roundabout way, you could prove that humor as well.  You could say it’s a mode through which people express their moods to each other, both past and present.  An anecdote to a co-worker about how their ill-favored boss spilled coffee on himself—and his emotional reaction as he cleans it up under the guise no one is watching—is an example of a past humor brought into the present mood.  A hypothesis: Most likely the two will laugh, the brain’s reaction to disregard the “time” (or "focus upon", with a branch [temporary extension] to higher, more focused brainpower) of the perception formed thanks to the exchange of language, so that they may return to the present perception—“time”—where their brain is most ought.  And then another humor is formed, this time more personal because the two shared a moment on very similar brain patterns.  Perhaps the storyteller once again humors the situation by expressing an emotion within the bounds of the new mood (that it is “time” for him to return to work); for example, he may quickly change stance and breathing, and while bent closer to the co-corker whisper “well, I gotta get back to the daily grind before Mr. “Grounds” gets on my ass!”  A bit flat, but humor nonetheless.

                Humor couldn’t be any more human than personality itself.  It has been around for as long as life has existed and communicated.  It was popularized, you could say, by the multi-faceted Roman civilization where “humorists” emerged.  These were playwrights who would set up a scenario that ended in a conclusive scene or phrase which would neatly tie everything up precisely, generating a well-earned emotional response—usually a good laugh.  And now, from horny teenagers approaching women at a bar to professors sending students away to a time where learning is unusually engaging, we all use our greatest effort to adjust our humor and find new and exciting ways with which to use this marvelous man-made talent.

                Feel free to critique, comment and tweak this as you please.  Go ahead.  Humor me.