How do you make other people laugh?

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I'm just wondering because I really think humor is a safe route when it comes to fitting in socially. It keeps me from going into TMI or over other people's heads, and it keeps me from monologuing, but it takes some effort to keep things light and humorous for me. I just was wondering how all y'all make other people laugh since I sometimes struggle with the concept. My method is usually just complain about things in a funny manner like pointing out illogical things or coming up with some off the wall metaphor.

Like my neighbor recently told me she heard her son call another person a "fa***t" and she asked her son if he even knew what the word meant, and he said yes he did, it meant a cigarette. So she said, no it means gay. So my response was, "Great, now he'll think it means a happy cigarette." It made her laugh even though I really didn't think it was funny at the time. Now I do, but I wasn't trying to be funny when I said it at first.

I make people laugh all the time. It just happens. I say things and people laugh.

I think fa***t was originally a reference to kindling, but the real joke would be something about flaming butts .

I honestly cannot remember now, but I strongly suspect that my sense of humor developed from not knowing how to behave properly and simply repeating behaviors that caused other people to laugh because it was a sure sign of approval. I know I learned very early in life that I could deflect a lot of trouble by combining bald truth with sarcasm and humorous exaggeration. When I was a teen and my mom asked me where I was last night and I said "Out drankin' with the boys" she would just roll her eyes and ignore me, because of course, I couldn't be taken seriously. But I was telling the truth.

George Carlin was one of my earliest heroes because he was so adroit at pointing out the absurdities of the status quo, and the ridiculous inconsistencies and illogic inherent in societies sacred cows (it wasn't until later that I realized Carlin was only commercializing Lenny Bruce's schtick). It was that Aspie-like way of seeing the 'normal' world from an askew point of view that made me feel as though there were at least a few other people who, like me, saw the Emperor's willie and were both frustrated and amused that others did not. Finding what's funny and what works comedically in terms of phrasing and timing are fascinating to me, because it's all about patterns and rhythms (much like poetry, in fact), and not everybody can do it - but almost everybody tries.

Being able to make other people laugh definitely goes a long way toward deflecting attention away from one's other eccentricities - or accentuating them so it seems like you're being odd on purpose.

I've always found it odd that puns are frequently referred to as the 'lowest' form of humor, but it takes a wide vocabulary and a fair IQ to make or appreciate them. It would seem to me the lowest form of humor is Howard Stern.

I like to make puns, but usually keep going for sarcasm, it just comes naturally to me, I always see all the possibilities and choosing another one that doesn't fit the situation is easy, finding the correct thing to say is way harder, so I make too much jokes. I tend to joke about everything, from my recently deceased friend to the current political topics.

Nitrouse

I have the opposite issue - I find myself making too many obscure references.

Real laughter is so rare to me that I can remember the handful of occasions that I laughed heartily in the company of others over the years.

It brings us back to that age old question, is there a comedy gene or is it enviromental?

I do believe comedy is a safe haven for people with ASD because your taught that not everyone is gonna laugh but there are some that will so you try and try again. It's an easier way of dealing with rejection and it's easier to cope with, and frankly it's easier to adjust.

I like to tell non-sense to people, have them believe it and spread it around, thats my way of comedy. They get back to me and say, "Stalin wasn't an interior designer that came up with a fabric called the iron curtain! Where you telling me a story?!" I look back at them with a smile and say, "Yes i was, you didn't put that on your paper did you? You'll fail for sure." As you can see, It can be quite annoying, for the other person that is.

I can't remember how I make people laugh except a very long time ago
I used to draw Contrived Mouse Trap Inventions ("Contraptions")
that represented fast food or cafeteria kitchens
which were entirely powered by flushing toilets.

I hit them on the funny bone with a lump hammer.

I make people laugh, with the innocent things that come out of my mouth.

Things randomly pop into my head. If I think they're funny enough, I just say 'em out loud to my friends. Most of the time they get it & laugh, but then there are those other times where I have to explain it to them.

i make them laugh AT ME unintentionally. like falling down on my @$$ when i miss the top stairstep and go brupbrupbrup down to the bottom landing. or when i am having one of my ridiculous sneezing "fits" that splatters mucous and spit all over myself. or when i squeal like a little girl when i am fleeing from stinging insects. i had passengers in a car when a GD'ed bee flew in the open window, i almost caused a wreck in my hysterical maneuvering to get the damned thing back out, and while the passengers were terrified during this madness, they laughed their @$$es off at me afterwards.
the only times people laugh WITH me is when i manage to think of a funny pun or topical joke of the moment's situation. i seem to be good at that one thing, sometimes.