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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 10:43 am
Too much of something can get tedious sometimes.
My ex joked around ALL friggin day. At first it was funny, then it was annoying.
-Hey, how was your day?
-(insert joke here)
-mmmmkay. Stuff happened at work. It was chaotic. (Wanting to talk about it)
-(insert joke here)
- Sigh. You go see your momma? How’s she doing?
-(insert joke here)
- I can’t have a conversation with you. Please. I’m tired. Stop, and let’s just talk. Yeah?
- (insert joke here)
- I need a drink.
- (insert joke here)
Annoying as hell, if you ask me.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 11:18 am
(November 18, 2017 at 5:14 am)Hammy Wrote: I'm often considered annoying because I regularly try (tried) to be funny despite being incredibly unfunny.
Yeah I guess I've stopped trying.
I can relate. The funniest thing my wife says is the problem with my humor is that it isn't funny. This in spite of the fact that I crack myself up regularly. I don't get it but at least I'm batting .500 in my own household.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 11:47 am
My wife tells that it's irritating while laughing. I don't do mixed messages well.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 12:28 pm
(November 18, 2017 at 9:38 am)Little lunch Wrote: (November 18, 2017 at 5:14 am)Hammy Wrote: I'm often considered annoying because I regularly try (tried) to be funny despite being incredibly unfunny.
Yeah I guess I've stopped trying.
You made me laugh a couple of minutes ago in the bad pickup lines thread. :-)
In my opinion, it doesn't matter how many people laugh, as long as there's one.
One person laughing is enough to make me not give a fuck what anyone thinks. (even if that one person is me)
There are a few reasons why some people don't laugh at jokes, other than that you're not funny.
1. They don't get the joke and don't want to appear stupid.
2. They don't know you well enough and don't want to encourage friendship.
3. They're scared that they'll be judged for laughing at your joke.
4. They're sheep and won't laugh until the most popular person of the group laughs.
5. They're threatened by your wit.
6. (and this is the most common one, I find) They're just a sour fucking cunt. :-)
I had no idea one person was laughing though so thanks for telling me lol.
Which post did you find funny? I was just being obscene as usual lol.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 1:30 pm
(November 18, 2017 at 10:43 am)J a c k Wrote: Too much of something can get tedious sometimes.
My ex joked around ALL friggin day. At first it was funny, then it was annoying.
-Hey, how was your day?
-(insert joke here)
-mmmmkay. Stuff happened at work. It was chaotic. (Wanting to talk about it)
-(insert joke here)
- Sigh. You go see your momma? How’s she doing?
-(insert joke here)
- I can’t have a conversation with you. Please. I’m tired. Stop, and let’s just talk. Yeah?
- (insert joke here)
- I need a drink.
- (insert joke here)
Annoying as hell, if you ask me.
You and I should probably not do lunch.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 18, 2017 at 1:42 pm
I remarked to someone the other day:
You've never 'got' a Dilbert cartoon, have you ??
And he didn't get that jibe either. Of course, I think it's hysterical, and it's also hysterical he didn't get it.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 25, 2017 at 2:20 am
I have a certain style of humor, and will laugh at certain things, but it's hard to discribe what makes me laugh. Certain jokes where it's obvious the teller is offended if you don't laugh are annoying. I burn out on people if they can't occasionally be serious, or if they're the type that loves giving people a hard time.
Tryhards to me are annoying, but I am also guilty of same.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 25, 2017 at 3:35 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2017 at 3:40 am by AFTT47.)
There's probably a technical term for this but for the lack of knowing what it is, I'll call it 'Stimulation Resistance'. Here's how it works:
Let's say there is a Stimulation Threshold for everything and we can assign it a number. If it's for something we like, the Stimulation Threshold starts really low. You meet someone you like of the opposite sex and the Stimulation Resistance for kissing them is very low - practically zero. If you do kiss them - wow, there are church bells. But the next time you kiss them, it takes a little more to get the same effect. Been there, done that, right? The wow factor decreases every time you do it. There is more Stimulation Resistance. It takes more and more to get the same effect. It may level off eventually. It's still nice but no big deal. Or it may even get to the point that you would get more excited about kissing Barbara Bush/Donald Trump. That's why people "cheat". It overcomes your Stimulation Resistance.
It's no different with humor. The first time you are exposed to a particular piece of humor, it may tickle your funny bone. The next time, not so much. If you hear it enough times, it may even become tedious.
As a person gets older, his/her Stimulation Resistance to any specific thing is going to get higher and higher. Eventually, nothing of familiar experience is going to have much of a positive effect. It may even have a negative effect.
By the time you get to be my age, it may take a lot to make you laugh. It used to be as simple as someone farting in an elevator. Now it would take the thought of Donald Trump having sex with Barbara Bush on a railroad track and right before they simultaneously come, they are run over by a freight train - and the event was being televised to a world-wide audience and commented on by a panel of Republicans and members of the Vatican who all thought the tracks were inactive.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 25, 2017 at 5:18 am
(November 18, 2017 at 10:43 am)J a c k Wrote: Too much of something can get tedious sometimes.
My ex joked around ALL friggin day. At first it was funny, then it was annoying.
-Hey, how was your day?
-(insert joke here)
-mmmmkay. Stuff happened at work. It was chaotic. (Wanting to talk about it)
-(insert joke here)
- Sigh. You go see your momma? How’s she doing?
-(insert joke here)
- I can’t have a conversation with you. Please. I’m tired. Stop, and let’s just talk. Yeah?
- (insert joke here)
- I need a drink.
- (insert joke here)
Annoying as hell, if you ask me.
Inappropriate humour is irritating. The Jim Carrey character from dumb and dumber comes to mind when someone is unrelentingly silly.
I like to think I deploy subtler humour.
But honestly that's not for me to judge.
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RE: Why do some people lack a sense of humor?
November 25, 2017 at 8:25 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2017 at 8:28 am by The Industrial Atheist.)
(November 18, 2017 at 1:42 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I remarked to someone the other day:
You've never 'got' a Dilbert cartoon, have you ??
And he didn't get that jibe either. Of course, I think it's hysterical, and it's also hysterical he didn't get it.
You were saying he's a drone, like Dilbert and his co-workers? I love Dilbert, but haven't read it in a while.
I don't actually do jokes very often, but I can do some impressions, and sometimes I make people laugh when I'm being mostly serious.
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