I have never understood humor in the sense that most people seem to. I have my own little world of things I find funny that almost nobody else does, and it has been at times a bit alienating. I laugh inappropriately, when it shouldn't be possible to "subvert" a situation. I make really stupid meta-meta-meta-jokes that are only funny to me because I've thought about the meta beyond what anybody finds value in.

But this analysis of humor makes sense. Subverting control. I suppose that's what it has always been for me, only I'm subverting a control nobody else cares about, or I'm subverting control that is in place in some context for very good reason, and therefore it's not funny when I try to break it up. Perhaps I don't deliver it with the right control.

Anyways, I found this analysis useful. I've tried to analyze humor before and got nowhere, and this is the first time anybody else's analysis has made any real sense to me. Thanks for posting.