I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.
You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.
I don't make fun of my characters. I just like to laugh and I think people are funny and the world is funny.
Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost๏ปฟ anything.
When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.
I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.