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That suggests a question: what is the difference between you, me, wedrifid, and others who don't see the humor ... and NancyLebovitz et al. who do?
I like xkcd and Terry Pratchett (though more for the ideas and attitude than the humor-- the humor is apt to be pretty stereotyped).
I like good single puns, but have lost a good bit of my taste for long series of puns on a subject. I blame Anthony and Robinson.
I like one-liners and paradoxical humor.
Sometimes I like slapstick. I thought the movie Noises Off (screwball comedy leaks from a play into the lives of the cast) was extremely funny. There's a consensus that a good stage production is twice as funny, which is hard for me to imagine. In any case, as soon as a cactus showed up, it was pleasing to know that someone would sit on it.
I thought the stuff in early HPMOR where Harry was rolling over the adults was extremely funny. Other things were funny, too, but that's what comes to mind as a theme.
In the way of data: I like XKCD, Terry Pratchett, and obscene humor, but am less amused by slapstick than average (partly due to effort because I don't want to like it). Also, I find modern art lame, and this reminded me of it.