my ability to get jokes (and make them) is irregular. Sometimes i do well with banter, sometimes i realize something was a joke several seconds too late, and say "huh?" It helped that my brothers joked around a lot when i was growing up. I get comedy that is some strange situation, parody, or skit better than one-liners, which feel disconnected from anything. My joke-telling is hit or miss too, mostly helped by my brothers teaching me humor. Sometimes i make people laugh with my humor, sometimes i tell a joke that's a bit too bizarre and they all stare at me like i'm a weirdo. Er. awkward.
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Diagnosed Bipolar II in 2012, Autism spectrum disorder (moderate) & ADHD in 2015.
GodzillaWoman wrote:
My joke-telling is hit or miss too, mostly helped by my brothers teaching me humor. Sometimes i make people laugh with my humor, sometimes i tell a joke that's a bit too bizarre and they all stare at me like i'm a weirdo. Er. awkward.
I daren't tell jokes of any length any more, because I find it hard to stop myself overexplaining the story and going off at tangents, which delays the punchline and tries people's patience. I prefer giving deadpan one-liners, because if nobody laughs then I can pretend it wasn't meant to be funny. Paradoxically, people often laugh their heads off at what they take to be one-liners from me, when I thought I was just saying something very slightly amusing.