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03 Feb 2014, 5:07 am

GivePeaceAChance wrote:
bumble wrote:
Do you find that people don't understand your sense of humour?

I often make jokes and find things funny but people either miss the joke I made and take it seriously (whilst accusing me of being the one who is too serious when in truth it is their interpretation of what I said/wrote that was too serious) or they seem to think I shouldn't be amused by what I am amused by (ie such as the time I sent everyone 30 miles the wrong way up the motorway because I was holding the leaflet with the map on upside down...they got annoyed, I thought it was funny as hell...not their annoyance (their annoyance was a bit upsetting actually because they told me off), but the fact that I was holding the map the wrong way around without realising at the time and the fact that I had literally 'sent them to Coventry' on a detour...there is a double meaning to sending someone to conventry!).

Do you have similar problems?


hey, all the time - and I found this hilarious - especially the double meaning ( I actually got it)

I make literary and historical references all the time to be funny (or even serious) and then when people look at me as if I were either an alien or and idiot (they are the ones not getting it but they think ME the fool) I just sigh and walk off knowing I have blown it yet again.

I make literary references all the time! Yay!



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12 Feb 2014, 2:20 pm

Sadly, I have to try and use less of my natural humour among NTs, because it can be quite intellectual and they often don't get it. This also applies to other Aspies when I know (or suspect) that they aren't familiar with the subject matter.

Since joining the astronomy club, this isn't so bad as most of my exotic humor is science based.

Thankfully, much of the rest (e.g., 2000AD / Judge Dredd in-jokes) is becoming more mainstream so only needs amending slightly so that the context gives away the meaning, even if the listener isn't familiar with it. It just took the world 30 years to catch up with me :)