Response to Caroline

Could it be that we can imply the superiority theory to ourselves without us knowing it? For instance we put ourselves in some sort of ranking system in our head comparing ourselves to the peers around us (whether you realize it or not) and when you do something embarrassing or something worth laughing about, we can laugh at ourselves. By being able to move ourselves up an down, it's like our alter ego could either be superior or inferior to our consciousness. I see it that way because maybe you can be superior to yourself in some aspects of the way you think. We are our hardest critic and by nitpicking at yourself and making fun of yourself potentially belittles you. Most people know their self worth and know they are better than their circumstances. With this being said, we can pull in incongruous thoughts and/or actions from the scenarios we put ourselves in (theoretically in our head). By implying incongruity we can laugh at ourselves in the past, present, and future like John Mulaney given his example of him driving.