Humor and Half a Hyperbole

So last week I took this little quiz and found out that I apparently have a mostly self-enhancing humor style according to the HSQ (https://www.thecut.com/article/whats-your-humor-style.html). Having never heard of the categories that were available before taking this quiz, I would generally agree with this result. I definitely do not have a predominantly aggressive or self-deprecating humor style from what I understand of those categories and myself, but I am curious about the “mostly” it gave me with its determination. What else am I? Do I stray into the areas that I think I am not? Does it think I’m just not very humorous? Regardless, I do agree with the overall categorization as for the most part my humor is very situational and often operates around being slightly absurdist, however I definitely have a certain amount sarcasm that makes its way in.

Sort of extending this to the book Hyperbole and a Half, the sections and parts that I find the funniest are the overexaggerating of mundane situations like picking up the wrong thing in a supermarket or her many interactions with her two dogs. I am extremely fond of all the dog humor because it is something that I can directly identify with having grown up with dogs my whole life and seeing all the ridiculous things they do in response to various situations. I am particularly struck by the humor surrounding the “helper dog” and its many fixations. The two dogs that currently live at my house are both ones with objects and animals they see as mortal enemies without any discernable reason. One hates skateboards with a passion and the other is vehemently opposed to hairbrushes. Now, neither of them have ever been harmed or really interacted with these things apart from their hate sessions in which we discovered their feelings.

The book certainly lends itself to the more absurdist humor but I do think that self-defeating and aggressive can find a place and identify with her style pretty well. The book is a grandiose and absurd commentary on her life told through a generally sarcastic lens. The only one that I don’t think fits quite as well is affiliative, as this book has very little in the way of banter like dialogue and generally is a self-defeating look at the author. That said, she writes in a shorter, wittier style which may appeal to some aspect of affiliative.

Overall, I don’t know how helpful the humor style categorization is/will be but I can see how I got put in the group I did.