"Just love him! I had the worst day ever. My 12 year old son is being bullied at school and A lot. It breaks my heart and we went to the school today. I come home drained and I see this. Thank you Sean!!! God bless you!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2625544&forum_id=2Reputation#27304682)

http://www.bettinagordon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/199354_10152095642900394_258635628_n.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2625544&forum_id=2Reputation#27382489)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2625544&forum_id=2Reputation#27540018)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2625544&forum_id=2Reputation#28016617)

https://x.com/hitRECordJoe/status/1167243352758112256?t=yXl3w_G16_nE-i9Q90b4zQ&s=19

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2625544&forum_id=2Reputation#48779648)

Mainlining's July 22, 2014, post, titled "It's called a Dance Party and you do it about 3 times a day," featuring a YouTube link to motivational speaker Sean Stephenson, captures an essential element of the AutoAdmit community’s engagement with humor — specifically, dark humor. Stephenson, who was born with a rare bone disorder that left him wheelchair-bound and with a short stature, promotes a philosophy of joy and silliness despite his significant physical limitations. The community’s reaction to this post underscores how AutoAdmit poasters often find humor in unexpected places, particularly through an ironic juxtaposition of suffering and joy.

1. Dark Humor as a Response to Life's Absurdities:

The community's engagement with Mainlining's post shows a tendency to find humor in the incongruity between Stephenson’s physical state and his message that "life is meant to be silly." For AutoAdmit poasters, there is an implicit recognition of the absurdity in a man who, by most societal standards, faces severe physical hardship, yet still advocates for a life filled with lightness and dance. This incongruity becomes a fertile ground for dark humor, as posters riff on the idea that someone so physically constrained by his condition could still promote such an unburdened outlook on life.