im laughing on the inside.

Self deprecation has been esteemed to be a beautiful thing. Why? you ask? itemize it:
a. nine times out of ten it is funny
b. the world is full of funny things. sometimes it takes a keen eye to perceive the hilarity within. a good sense of humor to me is being able to laugh at the "teachers that make a differance" (irony is everywhere). a regular sense of humor is being able to laugh as bob saget comments on the man being hit in the crotch by a baseball hit by his 5-year old. you must learn to seek out the funny in everything, and what better place to start with than yourself. (im talking things to laugh at here, not with.) to establish a good sense of humor, you must learn to laugh at yourself when you clumsily drop your cell phone in a glass of water or when you are peeking through a door crack and someone opens it, hitting you in the face.
c. self deprecation is the victory of comedic prowess over absolute hubris or arrogance. A prophet has declared that pride is the universal sin, the great vice. If you cannot set your pride aside then you will choke on it when it occasion mandates to swallow it.
d. a laugh is to be treasured over vain pursuits. humor pastes a smile on your mind whether manifested physically or not.

It is ok to poke fun of others as long as the parties have a mutual appreciation on for the other, or if it is some drunk douchebag that deserves it or a pompous gossipy girl that had it comin. The same prophet stated that the central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. I would like to think that by making fun of ourselves and each other, we can grow together as a society, tearing down each others' pride, one jabbing comment at a time. You may want to thank me for mocking your poser lifestyle or pointing out in front of everyone your dandruff, but i would say, dont mention it: you would have done the same for me. A word of caution: phrases such as "you would" or "you can say that again" or "you got that right" emphatically declared after someone makes a self-deprecating comment are about as necessary as turn signals on a space shuttle. here is why:
a. you may think by piggy-backing the joke with simple agreement you may reap the accredation of whatever cleverness the joke had in the first place. this is not the case. you are an idiot.
b. you may think that it is a great way to get a jabbing comment in at someone toward whom you feel some sort of malice. remember, we are making fun of each other here to make the world a better place. (unless they really deserve it which i highly doubt because they already made fun of themself so they dont deserve any more making-fun-of. it would be much more efficatious to be original in this case anyhow)
c. you look like a jerk and a douchebag at the same time.

so get out there everyone and make fun of yourself and then once you feel you have earned your wings, make fun of someone else. i would feel honoured to be made fun of by a worthy opponent. and if people ever get intricate in their mockeries, always remember, parody is the highest form of flattery. good day.