Pertaining to my earlier post on humour (Click
HERE), here is an excellent account of how Confucian values have shaped us to be 'humourless'. In the Asian context, excessive humour can be 'indicative of a lack of intellectual depth and inattentiveness to one's place and role in life'. In other words, one can be perceived as not being serious about one's job, hence compromising one's sense of professionalism and competence. Eg: would u trust a surgeon who's always laughing to perform a major surgery on you?
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