Asperger's Syndrome - No Sense of Humor

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I think humor is subjective. It can be said that something is either funny or it isn't but I don't agree. In my experience people have a really easy time laughing at things that cause them stress, a teenager might find some comedians to be really hilarious because they poke fun at authority. I'm Native American and Jewish, I can laugh at jokes that non-Jews wouldn't always understand or humor that almost no one outside of my tribe would understand so they wouldn't find it to be funny.

I think Shrox is hilarious but I can see that I might not have understood his sense of humor a few years ago and I don't think all people would "get it".

Different people laugh at different things because they are different, I don't think it's much more complex than that.

Of course, we all do. But they ARE secret so I am gonna have to ask you where you got your information. I was gonna say FUGGET ABOUT IT but then... goys really aren't supposed to know about this!

Why would you want to be funny are you trying to get laid ?

I have been told that I have a great sense of humor clever and witty also very dry at times. I really enjoy a good joke, punchline, or clever quip I just don't laugh easily enough at things other than the misfortune of others. If I was told a great joke I would probably smile and say nothing. Now If I saw someone fall over a chair I probably wouldn't be able to stop myself from laughing.

To be honest I think I am only funny around other people who are funny. I dont know why...I guess I just need people to play off of...otherwise I am rather dull. I find that when I do actually think of something on my own, the delivery is off so it comes off kind of like....uh...what are you talking about...

I have been told that I have no sense of humor. I do not finding teasing or slapstick violence funny. I take myself seriously and am drawn to other people who take themselves seriously.

False, Aspies do have a sense of humor. My sense of humor is very sarcastic but it still is a sense of humor. Some of my sarcastic comments can make my friends laugh pretty hard. People have to get to know me before they understand my sense of humor, otherwise it may come off as mocking. Sometimes people I don't know well are unable to tell if I'm being sarcastic or if I mean what I'm saying.

My sense of humor is so odd.. Really strange images of things usually get me laughing (when no one else laughs).. ex.. a deer swimming underwater.. (I still find that image funny)... or imagining how odd dancing or gymnastics (or other behaviour that we would consider to be normal) would look from an outsider (ex.. an alien).. imagine them studying our behaviour and then observing some odd human interaction..

I also find things funny like.. in physics class we had a tarzan and jane example problem.. and the problem contained an "ideal vine".. i found the idea of an "ideal vine" existing in nature hillarious.. sadly no one else found this funny

Though I do often confuse people with my sense of humor its not non existant and its not all in it for me.. people around me laugh too.. and not at me... with me (well the majority of the time at least as far as I can tell)

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