b9 wrote:
i do not understand many peoples humor. i do not understand what sarcastic or "tongue in cheek" humor is. i do not even know what "tongue in cheek" means, but i know it is a form of humor.
here is an example of a joke that i made up that was completely overlooked by the few people i told it to. i think it is funny however.
joke:
i have the worst luck!! ! last night i read the TV guide and it said that there was a movie called "station closed" that started at 3am, and it went for 4 hours until 7 am, and so i thought it would be an epic movie considering it went for that long so i stayed up to watch it.
i even bought some confectionery to eat while watching the movie.
but wouldn't you know it? my TV went on the blink just before the movie started, and i worked for 4 hours to fix the problem, and i guess i finally fixed the problem at 7 am, because my TV started to work at that time, but unfortunately the movie had just finished by that time!! !.
i find that joke funny but no one else has ever understood it.
whatever. i am off to bed.
i know that no one understands the humor in things like that that i say.
lol, that's an awesome joke... How in the hell could that possibly NOT be funny?
Yeah, we do have a sense of humor, just like we do possess empathy. It's just that our sense of it is different, and we express it differently. Like, I don't think watching some guy getting hit in the balls is funny. Why? Because it hurts like hell, and I've seen it a billion times. But most NTs will laugh their asses off at seeing other people getting hit in the balls for some reason.
For the record, I have no idea wtf tongue in cheek means either, and I don't really care at this point. I have trouble putting things into categories, so I tend not to bother with such labels.
I do tend to be sarcastic and cynical a lot of the time, but I'm also very inquisitive, and for some reason it all combines to make me come off as confrontational or something. People think I'm being a smartass when I'm seriously asking questions to better understand the other person. I hate it. It's like nobody ever has ANY clue what I'm feeling or thinking. When I'm depressed, my girlfriend thinks I'm angry. When I have a blank look on my face, people think I'm pissed off or that something's wrong, I guess because I'm supposed to walk around with a huge grin on my face constantly, even though I don't see others doing it? I have no idea... When I was younger, my mom used to tell me to smile all the time, and people still do that s**t. It's like... Smiling is a reaction to the emotion of happiness. If I'm not feeling happy, I don't smile. Give me a reason to smile. TELLING me to smile does NOT give me a reason. If anything, it pisses me off more because it's not my job to show off the right facial expressions to make your stupid ass happy throughout my day. Screw you, if you want me to smile, then do something to make me smile. Otherwise, shut up and leave me alone.