Humour is a weapon

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Humour is a weapon that is used for attacking other people and a too for bonding with others, but mainly as weapon. Humour is more flexible, then logic and common sense as a weapon.

It is very clear to me. These are the skills are not the strong points of an Aspie.

I actually learnt to interact with people in primary school by using humor; sarcastic and ironic humor was the only way I could interact socially with people.

Granted, it wasn't innate, nor did I use it to gain "status" over those around me, it's just all I knew how to do. If I can ever talk to people again, even in a mechanical setting, it's all I have in my [social] toolbox, so it's what I'll use (I'm not one to talk of his special interests).

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I agree that humor can be used as a weapon. I think that people are often swayed by humor or clever quips over rational arguments and I find that unfortunate. Politicians know how to use this to their advantage.

Humor can also be wonderful. I like so-called aspie humor.

Humor is a weapon I often use on myself... yet I remain undamaged.

I can actually see jokes from a purely neutral stance, if something is funny... it's funny... I can't deny it. If it's a weapon, or if people are offended by it... is sort of a separate issue.

Kind of like explosives, all in how you use it.

I find my honesty is a source of humor... if I think of something absurd but really believe it... I can say it in a way to make it funny. Of course people don't know if I am saying the truth or making it up...

Much humor can be offensive, if you are uptight. But many seem to be offended that humor even exists and can't really handle that others are laughing. If they get offended, well not much you can do about it.

If used in the right ways, humor can entertain friends or hurt the feelings of others. It also depends on how you take it and how hurtful it is. I know how to use sarcasm. I just don't use it often. Just when I'm really angry at someone, then I use heavy sarcasm at them. Just enough to make them go away. If not, I go with intimidating them and making them feel "smaller" than me. Power Girl knows everything. But don't worry, I back off when I sense caving. I use words to do what I need to do. -Power Girl

I did and do a lot of this. I have a strong and very odd sense of humor, and quickly learned to deflect (and sometimes attract) bullying by various usesd of humor. Nothing like getting a bully picked on by other bullies by twisting him up in front of everyone so that his stupidity is plain to see...

I also interacted with people on a level of sarcastic observations about people and life in general. Also didn't use it for status, just because some kind of interaction seemed to be expected of me, and that's what I had.

I still use my sense of humor in social settings, but now more in the "oh look at Duncan, he's so funny! Weird, but hilarious" way. People hear my jokes, know I'm odd, and so any behavior later does not come as such a shock. After all, what else do you expect from an oddball?

In America, we spell it H-U-M-O-R

And that's the way it should be.

So what are you trying to say here? That it's not all about U?

I never found humorous people to be less honest or less intelligent. In fact, being humorous is close to being witty which is somewhat a sign of intelligence. Funny people give others the impression that they're not critical and make others feel safe and that you can engage in conversations with them. It can also lift other people's spirits and possibly have an emotional effect on women.

Hurting my funny bone is not funny topic

I hate it when humour is used the way Aspie_chav has described and quoted. It is cruel and vicious.

I have known many people who have been hurt by so called humour and no, it was not in the least funny. There is a fine line between laughing with others and laughing at them. Humour can be used in that subtle way to tease and then to stab someone, like a knife. If I sense this is directed at me I just put on my best glare stare(even if I am not that good with the eye contact) that would rival any that Sir Winston gave to his opponents.

In Canada, we spell it H U M O U R, like the people in the United Kingdom.

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and every other English speaking country, including the one who invented the language, spells it h-u-m-o-u-r, so I think we are outnumbered.

humor, humour...tomato, toumato...to each their own.

People always comment on me having a good sense of humor. I think it's because I've learned to laugh at even awful situations I've been in, in order to survive. Dawn Prince-Hughes observed that gorillas seemed to use humor to relieve tension in situations that would otherwise lead to anger or fear, or where they would tweak a situation so that something bad almost happened but didn't really, and that kind fo thing. I don't mind humor at all.

Be careful how you use humor, for some people these days are sometimes get angry.

I personally have stopped joking,for some people at work got angry,yet they themselves say

the most outrages things?

It does make me wonder about people in general.

All the civilised countries spell it with a 'U', matey.

I'm an ex-pat Englishman and British English speaker. But...

The "u" in words such as "humour" and "colour" is a result of Britain's close association with France, after the American's declared independence. We adopted many French and French like ways of spelling words in order to be more compatible with our close neighbours (a very Frenchily spelled word).

So... You could argue... That the Yanks are actually spelling English in the more correct way.

Of course, there's no excuse for pronouncing aluminium, "ah-loom-in-um".