What is an unconventional sense of humour?

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I see this question on autism quizzes sometimes, and I have to wonder, what exactly is an unconventional sense of humour? Are there any examples someone here could give me? What counts as conventional humour for that matter?

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I definitely have an unconventional sense of humor. I think it can mean many a things. I think what it mostly means is a sense of humor that doesn't appeal to the masses. the masses being conditioned into believing something is funny because everyone else around them does....which doesn't make any sense. the whole world doesn't make any sense. you know what does make good sense, though? that laughter is the best medicine. (Or it can kill you in the cases of Kuru...where laughing is a sign of imminent death....but whatever.)

Monty Python and Mr. Bean is "conventional" humor.

I would say Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is "unconventional" humor.

Unconventional humor is usually when somebody sees humor in things that other people don't see humor in. It's usually more "subtle" than conventional humor.

"Gallows humor," can be said to be an example of "unconventional" humor. The ability to joke, say, when you're facing death.

It is sometimes said that people with Asperger's/autism have a "dry" sense of humor.

Ah, I think I understand it now. Personally, I like humour which is;

-dark. (Cards against humanity).

-observational. (Dave Gorman).

-literal.



-wordplay. (Bo Burnham).

-deadpan. (A big reason I liked The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, the TV series. Haven't read the manga. The main character is about as deadpan as you can get).

-bad puns.

and

-snarky. (Quick comebacks are often entertaining, I love making my characters insult each other).

Don't know why, but I still laugh at this particular part of a story I wrote one time:

(In a history lesson).

Teacher: What century are we in?

Student: Sir, is your memory that bad?

It's not even that good of a joke, but still.

We have a "Dark Humor" thread here.

I think my sense of humor is unconventional in the sense that I find scripted humor out of a joke book boring. I don't like humor that is a constant string of old one-liners. I like humor based on observations of real life and plays on words.

The Marx Brothers were very "unconventional" for their time.

They made considerable use of "observations" and "plays on words."

What does it mean to have a dry sense of humor? I would say my sense of humor is pretty wet

When I say "dry," I mean more like "droll." A quiet sort of cleverness. The humor of "understatement." Rather like Bob Newhart when he played a psychologist on the "Bob Newhart Show" in the 1970s.