"When Should You Insult Yourself?"

This is another one of those boring articles I found. (Just kidding, actually it is slightly interesting) 'When Should You Insult Yourself?' by John Tierney, found in Putting Ideas in Science to the Test at http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/when-should-you-insult-yourself/#more-353
This article is about when you are able to use self-depricating humor and when you shouldn't. I love this one quote in the article because I think it is too true, "The whole reason to watch a TV show is because it ends, if I wanted a long, boring story with no point to it, I got my life." Basically all this article taks about is when it is healthy to insult yourself and when it is dangerous for you to do so. In one point in the article Tierney writes, 'Would this make you seem more attractive? The answer, according to social scientists at the University of New Mexico, is that it works if your status is high enough.'
Basically, if your self-esteem is high enough and you are popular enough then using self-depricating humor is funny and healthy. Personally I use it a lot, even though I am probably in niether category but, to me at least, making fun of myself is funny and healthy. I think we all need to make fun of ourselves at least a few times a week if not in a day.
Lauren