Abstract
Research on humor has generated many different perspectives. Among them is a discussion of how humor acts to cause discomfort. Humor as a means of expression also appears in specific spaces and moments. The study of these spaces and moments, what is expressed through humor, the humorous mechanisms chosen by a collectivity, and who this collectivity may be, are broad-spectrum phenomenological issues that deserve further inquiry.
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