A parallel can be drawn with thrill. What is thrill? What is the value in thrill? Is thrill just another form of pleasure, its value being the pleasure that thrill brings? What is the true nature of thrill?
Here is a bold and interesting assertion :
Thrill is pleasure in contradiction. Humour is beauty in contradiction.
We feel thrill when we enjoy (hence experience pleasure in) contradictions. The roller coaster or rock climbing is thrilling as it is dangerous and yet not dangerous. Committing illegal acts is thrilling as it is not desirable (ethically) and yet we desire it. Likewise, doing an ethical act that contradicts our feelings is also thrilling. Thrill is pleasure in contradiction (with non-pleasure).
We find something humourous also because we find contradiction, while perceiving its beauty. Humour can be found in literature or other works of art, which in itself contain the value of beauty, aesthetic value. But humour itself is not identical to beauty just like thrill is not identical to pleasure. There is a something that is not pleasurable when we feel thrill just like there is ugliness in humour. So will humour always contain ugliness?
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