Only jokes that contradict the arrogant are useful

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

When in discussion we can often find ourselves either trying to assert that someone is arrogant or that they are insane. If they are arrogant it is easy because all that is required is to find the (false) assumption that they are making and the dispute is over. (Arrogant people are non-nihilists.) With insanity we are dealing with something different... we are dealing with someone who sees things as they are... but doesn't like it. If someone is insane it is like they are crying at reality and want our sympathy. They want us to see their point of view and empathise with it... but we cannot... they are in denial of what is the present state of affairs and want to change it. Unless we agree with them (and their suggested course of action) or are willing to change our position to match theirs then there is nothing to be said. It is amusing and funny to contradict arrogant people (and this is the definition of a joke) but it is not amusing to be in a position of constantly re-asserting the truth to the insane. To tell someone constantly that no one owes them anything and that we do not agree with their remedies is tiresome and not productive. If we cannot make a joke (by contradicting an arrogant person) then we might as well say nothing at all. If we cannot be funny we should be silent.