But why is it that things like naive stupidity, over-exaggeration, and unexpected twists give you a mini-seizure?

但是，為什麼天真愚蠢、過度誇張和意想不到的轉折會讓你小發作呢？

Why does it happen anytime Theovon communicates, and how can you make it happen to other people?

為什麼在 Theovon 交流的任何時候都會發生這種情況，你如何才能讓這種情況發生在其他人身上？

Well, there are four big things.

有四件大事

Step 1. Know what's funny.

步驟 1.知道什麼好笑嗎？

At the humor research lab, a few dudes came up with something called the benign violation theory.

在幽默研究實驗室，有幾個人提出了一個叫 "良性違反理論 "的東西。

This theory states that humor occurs when and only when three things happen.

這一理論認為，只有當以下三件事發生時，幽默才會出現。

There is a violation, the situation is benign, and both these things happen at the same time.

有違規行為，情況是良性的，這兩件事同時發生。

Thank you, Eminem.

謝謝你，阿姆。

Also, what sort of poshy language is benign, and is it German?

另外，什麼樣的裝腔作勢的語言是良性的，是德語嗎？

No, it's Latin, and it means kind or not harmful.

不，它是拉丁語，意思是善良或無害。

Cool, so if something is funny, it is an unharmful or benign violation.

酷，所以如果某件事情很有趣，它就是一種無害或良性的違規行為。

What is a violation?

什麼是違規？

In this context, it's anything that threatens the way you believe the world should be, or threatens the norm.

在這裡，"威脅 "是指任何威脅到你所認為的世界本應如此的事物，或者威脅到規範的事物。

Violations have many fonts, including physical, identity, cultural, communication, logical, and moral.

侵權行為有多種形式，包括身體侵權、身份侵權、文化侵權、通信侵權、邏輯侵權和道德侵權。

Let me give you an example.

我來舉個例子。

If I were to come up to you on the street and start punching you in the stomach, you probably won't laugh and may even be upset.

如果我在大街上走過來對著你的肚子就是一拳，你可能不會笑，甚至可能會不高興。

This is a pure physical violation.

這純粹是對身體的侵犯。

If I instead were to start tickling you, that would be even weirder and still a pure violation because you don't know me.

如果我開始給你撓癢癢，那就更奇怪了，而且還是純粹的侵犯，因為你不認識我。

But if a friend tries to tickle you, odds are you're going to slip a giggle.

但如果有朋友想給你撓癢癢，你很可能會 "咯咯 "地笑出聲來。

Even if me and your friend have the same exact tickling technique, you almost certainly won't find mine amusing.

即使我和你的朋友有一模一樣的撓癢癢技巧，你也幾乎肯定不會覺得我的撓癢癢技巧好玩。

But with your friend, you know you are safe and the environment is benign and therefore you squeal like a little girl.

但和朋友在一起，你知道自己是安全的，環境也是良性的，所以你會像個小女孩一樣尖叫。

Other things that may also make you squeal in excitement is the new War Thunder update.

其他可能也會讓你興奮尖叫的是新的《戰爭雷霆》更新。

For those of you who live under a rock, War Thunder is an insanely epic free-to-play military combat game available on PC, Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation.

對於那些生活在岩石下的玩家來說，《戰爭雷霆》是一款史詩般的免費軍事戰鬥遊戲，可在 PC、Mac、Xbox 和 PlayStation 上運行。

War Thunder completely immerses you into intense battles.

戰爭雷霆》讓您完全沉浸在激烈的戰鬥中。

The sheer amount of iconic old and new tanks, planes, helicopters, and ships is just madness.

大量標誌性的新舊坦克、飛機、直升機和艦船令人目不暇接。

The detail on each element of the equipment, both visually and in gameplay, will simply blow the socks off of all of you fans of military vehicles.

無論是視覺上還是遊戲中，每件裝備上的細節都會讓所有軍事車輛迷大吃一驚。

Want to demolish your foes on the front line in a tank?

想駕駛坦克在前線摧毀敵人？

Maybe add air support from a chopper or even dogfight your enemies in the clouds.

也許還可以增加直升機的空中支援，甚至在雲層中與敵人展開激戰。

But wait, the best part?

等等，最精彩的部分是什麼？

These different types of equipment fight together on the same map.

這些不同類型的裝備在同一張地圖上並肩作戰。

War Thunder also offers tons of customization so you can add new modules to your vehicle and make it unique.

戰爭雷霆》還提供大量自定義功能，您可以為車輛添加新模塊，使其獨一無二。

Oh, and forget those unimmersive health bars.

哦，還有，別再想那些無邊無際的健康條了。

In War Thunder, every hit actually affects the enemy's vehicles like in real life.

在《戰爭雷霆》中，每一次打擊都會像現實生活中一樣影響敵方的車輛。

And with the new update Alpha Strike, Hungarian aviation is now available along with tons of new equipment.

隨著新版本 "阿爾法打擊"（Alpha Strike）的更新，匈牙利航空和大量新裝備也已面世。

Visuals are better, the gameplay has been refined, and there's a sick new map.

視覺效果更好了，遊戲玩法也得到了改進，還有一張令人噁心的新地圖。

Download War Thunder for free with the link in the description.

通過說明中的鏈接免費下載《戰爭雷霆》。

All new players and people who haven't played for at least six months will get special bonuses including three premium vehicles for free and a free week of a premium account.

所有新玩家和至少六個月沒有玩過遊戲的玩家都將獲得特別獎勵，包括免費獲得三輛高級車輛和一週的免費高級賬戶。

And you might want to do this, like, ASAP because the American vehicle bonus season is going to end soon.

您可能需要儘快這樣做，因為美國汽車獎勵季馬上就要結束了。

So again, download War Thunder for free, link in description.

請再次免費下載《戰爭雷霆》，鏈接在說明中。

Anyways, back to business.

總之，言歸正傳。

It's almost never as obvious on whether a violation is benign like the example I gave.

像我舉的例子那樣，違規行為是否是良性的，幾乎從來都不明顯。

So how can you make a violation benign in a joke, for example?

那麼，怎樣才能讓違規行為在笑話中變成良性的呢？

One way is to not be strongly committed to the violated norm.

一種方法是不堅決遵守被違反的準則。

This is a slippery slope and can be overdone.

這是一個滑坡，可能會做過頭。

For example, if I were to say, wouldn't it be funny if, before every joke, everything would be too benign and the jokes wouldn't be as funny because the threat is an absolute zero.

例如，如果我說，如果在每個笑話之前，一切都過於良性，笑話就不會那麼好笑了，因為威脅是絕對零度的，這不是很有趣嗎？

A better method is subtle sarcasm.

更好的方法是含蓄地諷刺。

You can tell the violation isn't going to happen, but also no one ever outright said it wouldn't.

你可以說違規行為不會發生，但也沒有人直言不會發生。

Another method is to make the violation psychologically distant.

另一種方法是在心理上遠離侵犯行為。

So jokes about the Titanic today could be funny because the tragedy is very, very distant and also because there is definitely room on that door.

今天關於鐵達尼號的笑話可能會很有趣，因為悲劇已經非常非常遙遠，也因為那扇門上肯定還有空間。

This is why people might say, I can joke about it now, a while after some bad incident like a breakup.

這就是為什麼人們可能會說，我現在可以開玩笑了，在分手等糟糕事件發生一段時間後。

Because while the violation obviously still happened, it was a while ago and it doesn't feel as real.

因為雖然侵犯行為顯然還在發生，但那是很久以前的事了，感覺並不那麼真實。

You can also apply this to things that are going to happen in the future or things that are happening now on other parts of the world.

您還可以將其應用於未來將要發生的事情或世界其他地方正在發生的事情。

And the final method to make a violation benign is if there's some alternative explanation that somehow makes the violation okay.

讓違規行為變得良性的最後一種方法是，如果有某種替代解釋，可以讓違規行為變得沒有問題。

This explains tickling because it's a mock attack.

這解釋了撓癢癢的原因，因為它是一種模擬攻擊。

Still an attack, but not a dangerous one.

仍然是攻擊，但並不危險。

Benign violation.

良性違規。

Step two, know your victim.

第二步，瞭解你的受害者。

You may be thinking, bro, you're talking about humor like it's the same every time, but the jokes I make with the boys won't work on my mom.

你可能會想，兄弟，你說的幽默好像每次都一樣，但我和孩子們開的玩笑對我媽媽可不管用。

And that's true.

這是事實。

Humor is subjective.

幽默是主觀的。

This is because everyone has different perspectives or opinions on what is benign and what is a violation.

這是因為每個人對什麼是良性、什麼是違規都有不同的觀點或看法。

So before you try that orphan joke on Beatrice, feel it out.

所以，在你跟貝阿特麗斯開那個孤兒玩笑之前，先摸摸底。

Get to know her first.

先了解她。

If she seems like the type, give it a shot.

如果她看起來是這種類型，那就試試看吧。

And when the joke flops, run to your room, slam the door, and play some War Thunder.

當玩笑開不成時，就跑回房間，關上房門，玩玩《戰爭雷霆》。

Step three, good joke qualities.

第三步，良好的玩笑品質。

If you ask a comedian what makes a joke good, they're likely going to tell you three things.

如果你問喜劇演員，什麼是好笑話，他們很可能會告訴你三件事。

First, brevity is the soul of wit, aka get to the point no one wants to hear you ramble, everyone wants to hear the punchline.

首先，簡潔是機智的靈魂，也就是開門見山，沒有人想聽你滔滔不絕，每個人都想聽你的點睛之筆。

Second, be specific.

第二，要具體。

Saying, so I told the old grandma dot dot dot isn't as funny as saying, so I told Beatrice dot dot dot.

說 "所以我告訴老奶奶點點 "不如說 "所以我告訴碧翠絲點點 "有趣。

Notice too how the specific one took up less words.

還要注意的是，具體內容所佔字數更少。

You don't have to sacrifice brevity for specificity.

您不必為了具體而犧牲簡潔。

Get creative.

發揮創意。

Third, the rule of three.

第三，三原則。

If you're listing things with the plan to list something drastically different at the end to be funny, list three of them.

如果你在羅列事情時，打算在最後羅列一些截然不同的事情來搞笑，那就羅列三件吧。

Two normal ones to make a pattern and one at the end to break it.

兩個正常的，形成一個模式，最後一個打破這個模式。

You're establishing what's benign yourself and then making the violation.

你要自己確定什麼是良性的，然後進行違規操作。

Step four, make bad jokes.

第四步，開壞笑。

If your goal is to become a more funny person, this is the most important step of the whole video and you will 100% fail without it.

如果你的目標是成為一個更有趣的人，那麼這是整個影片中最重要的一步，如果沒有這一步，你將百分之百地失敗。

Let's talk about neuroplasticity.

讓我們來談談神經可塑性。

When you're learning pretty much anything, there are two results, failure and success.

當你學習幾乎任何東西時，都會有兩種結果，失敗和成功。

In order for neuroplasticity to activate in your brain, it needs to have a reason.

為了讓神經可塑性在大腦中激活，它需要一個理由。

This is why ultimately making bad jokes will make you funnier.

這就是為什麼最終講不好笑的笑話會讓你變得更有趣。

It's because you failed and because of that failure, your brain is really open to making new neural connections, releasing a few specific neurochemicals, or in other words, increasing plasticity.

這是因為你失敗了，而正因為失敗，你的大腦才真正願意建立新的神經連接，釋放一些特定的神經化學物質，或者換句話說，增加可塑性。

So when you're with your friends and you throw out five bad jokes before one lands, because you previously threw out the five bad jokes, your brain is incredibly keen on subconsciously noting what worked with your success and what didn't with your failures.

當你和朋友們在一起時，在一個笑話成功之前，你會講出五個糟糕的笑話，因為你之前講出了五個糟糕的笑話，你的大腦會非常敏銳地下意識地注意到哪些笑話成功了，哪些笑話失敗了。

Then technically the actual improvement happens later during sleep.

那麼從技術上講，真正的改善是在睡眠中發生的。

If you just make a good joke at the start, your brain doesn't note anything.

如果你一開始就開個好玩笑，你的大腦就不會注意到任何東西。

It doesn't particularly take into account what just worked.

它並沒有特別考慮到剛才的工作。

Those neurochemicals aren't released with that joke, meaning your brain is not in a state of plasticity.

這些神經化學物質並沒有隨著玩笑釋放出來，這意味著你的大腦並沒有處於可塑性狀態。

After all, it has no reason to be.

畢竟，它沒有理由這樣做。

That's why making bad jokes is vital.

這就是為什麼開壞笑至關重要的原因。