What IS Funny These table topic questions below accompany our speech: Philosophy of Humor. According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s, Philosophy of Humor, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/humor/ ‘When people are asked what’s important in their lives, they often mention humor. Couples listing the traits they prize in their spouses usually put “sense of humor” at or near the top. Philosophers...
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Mother’s Love – Table Topic for Mother’s Day
Motherly Love is a specific kind of altruistic love, an emotion traditionally assigned only to Mothers. Humans never outgrow the need for a Mother’s love. A child should never feel as if they need to earn a mother’s love…but…Mother’s unconditional love is not an instinctive thing. In fact, it’s a 50/50 crap shoot whether we get a...
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“The Ugly Duckling” story written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1843, about the child of a swan whose egg accidentally rolled into a duck’s nest. As a result, the swan is raised as a duckling in a community of ducks. The story is an “Odd Man Out” tale of life as a person who differs from other...
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Table topic question. What is the most dangerous toy you received as a gift on Christmas? Christmas was a clothing, back to school supply fest for me, but dad was always bringing home age inappropriate toys and mom expected us to be smart. We knew our way around a few smashed fingers and the sting of Mercurochrome...
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Table Topics to Ponder Absurdism definition is – a philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless and that the search for order brings the individual into conflict with the chaotic and irrational universe. In comedy, Absurdity is farce. Nonsense. Non sequitors: friends are like potatoes, if you eat them, they die Where...
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