Here's a short story:

A culture's values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who, in "On Nature", disliked humor, "Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others." He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness. 

However, Mordechai Gordon, Ph. D of Education, insists, "Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious." I agree with Gordon. Learning to look at the world through humor is important. 

In the United States, every four years an election occurs. Without humor as a way to express their feelings, how else would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the way of lemming? Television shows like "The Daily Show" have become important parts of American culture. They are mothering the masses by metaphorically airplane-ing politics into our mouths. They make politics fun. 

Of course, politics is only one type of humor. Social humor helps people through the twists and turns of the human condition. American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self- image. On the topic of self-image, Hari Kondabolu stands out. He has a joke about the popular musical group "The Pussycat Dolls", describing their hit song "Don't Cha" as a negative representation of women. He points out an obvious offence in American culture. 

A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner. Amongst other things, mates look for an outstanding funny bone in a potential partner. 

Of course, humor is not always used for good purposes. Humor can be linked to vulgarity and racism, but, like everything else, it has potential to unite human beings by allowing us to laugh at ourselves, our failures and our connection with one another. 

Though 1ife may seem tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn't aware of. 

With that in mind, remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question based on this story, and describe how likely it is that your guess is correct as one of the following expressions:

Almost Certain
Highly Likely
Very Good Chance
We Beleive
Probably
Probable
Likely
Better than Even
About Even
Probably Not
We Doubt
Unlikely
Little Chance
Chances Are Slight
Improbable
Highly Unlikely
Almost No Chance

Give ONLY the guess and your confidence, no other words or explanation. For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>
Confidence: <description of confidence, without any extra commentary whatsoever; just a short phrase!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Is humor important in the opinion of the author?
Guess: yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Where was the study done showing we look for humor when dating?
Guess: Loyola University
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What is mirrored by a culture?
Guess: its humor.
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who didn't like humor?
Guess: Thomas Hobbes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What did he think it was?
Guess: a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who said it helps us see things less seriously?
Guess: Mordechai Gordon
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: When do we elected politicians in America?
Guess: every four years
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Is laughter important in this process?
Guess: Yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What television show provides an outlet for this?
Guess: "The Daily Show"
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Who jokes about a song?
Guess: Hari Kondabolu
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What is it's name
Guess: "Don't Cha"
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: By whom?
Guess: "The Pussycat Dolls",
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: Is humor only used to help?
Guess: No
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What is something less than positive that may appear there?
Guess: representation of women
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What might it be linked to?
Guess: vulgarity and racism
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: What does the author see in his reflection?
Guess: increased wrinkles
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What do they tell him?

That there is a comedy in everything.