Aspie Sense of Humor?

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I usually have a very deadpan kind of humor which is mostly not understood by the majority of people, including my wife...

Sometimes they think i am joking when i am actually trying to be serious, and other times they feel offended even though i was clearly joking.

This is the only kind of humor that i personally enjoy and i really don't want to drift off into this low brow humor that so many people seem to love.

I definitely have a sense of humor. It is a bit bizarre, but I do. I find satire incredibly funny. I also tend to laugh at toilet humor (think what a 5th grade boy would laugh at, haha ;w;) and dark humor. For example; I find The Onion, Monty Python, and the show South Park very funny.

I can't very easily describe my sense of humor. It's essentially a variation of different styles of humor. Most of the time, though, it's either the dry or dark sort.

All I know is I absolutely hate generic humor, everything else is fair game.

I was the class clown for basically every single grade. So yea

I've been told, that I was quite "taken" i.e., amused with TV humor examples from the 1970s: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Pink Panther Saturday morning Cartoon, and the several sitcoms of situations stemming from miscommunications brought laughs.

Other examples "off the top of my head" included humor stemming from irony, slapstick, and some versions of British humor.

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I really enjoyed how All in the Family i.e., the Archie Bunker character so thoughtfully blended humor with controversial issues.

And yes, it was only the humor of 'Gilligan's Island' that made the series a favored source of laughs.

Many of the examples of shows were done in variety-show formats; the clips ranging from less than half-a-minute to a long few minutes in length. Of course, the sitcoms were done half-hour formats (counting the commercials).

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The later examples of humor came from the 1990s sitcom 'Home-Improvement' - the philosophical neighbor Wilson played such an awesome part to the series. The Al character, and Taylor family, friends, and relatives also played important roles. It was an ongoing joke in the series to treat the Tim character as a second rate character.

The more recent examples of humor came from shows involving characters living such dysfunctional, foolish, and risky lives to a point of being hilarious. The show 'Weeds' and HBO's 'Silicon Valley' are examples. With these shows, the first two to three seasons are the best. The later seasons proved disappointing in scope, let alone laughs.

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Can it be said that people on the Autism Spectrum are some of the biggest-fans of the decades-old favorites -- now available on DVDs, Youtube?

I love funny movies and TV shows.

But, overheard someone at work commenting today that I never laugh. I'm unsure what there is to laugh about and if he was ever trying to tell a joke and I didn't pick up on it.

I also don't get sarcasm when other people use it, I usually think they're serious.

A thread devoted to Aspergers sense of humor is important!

Both the decades-old, and recent examples of comedy can sometimes resonate with people on the spectrum - how many people have viewed DVDs, and YouTube clips of the older comedy shows - even after hearing that such examples are largely dated?

I wanted to mentioned two other examples that brought laughs:

* The Warner Brothers Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Daffy-Duck, etc. cartoons were both funny, and at times quite original.

* The 1970s PBS Series "The Electric Company" proved both clever, and educational.

It must be asked, "how many people feel that humor proved to be 'that salvation of sorts?'"

When an Aspie has a dark sense sense of humor, would that be considered a "co-morbid" condition?

Yeah, my sense of humor runs to bad puns and things I probably shouldn't laugh at...

I feel that my sense of humor (over time) has helped "break the ice" so to speak!

An Asperger sense of humor stems for learning to entertain oneself; yet over time, we can learn to empathize, and accommodate other people.

How many people have had said experiences?

Don't worry, I have Asperger's and can make people laugh easily. Laugh when watching SpongeBob, at how Octo is grumpy and snorts, Patrick is being silly or SpongeBob is just being his bubbly self and not forgetting Gary of course with his hilarious cat sounds. But can also laugh when someone hits their toe against something and starts swearing like a sailor or when I make someone jump when they don't expect me being in a room and I start talking.

Humor is something you are born with, it's your face, your eyes and I made people squirt their drinks through their nose just by looking at them all funny from out of nowhere. Cola anyone?

Had autistic friends who had a hard time laughing but I always got them going in some way, they just laugh about other things and you have to make them feel comfortable.

Often get told my energy at those moments makes people smile, laugh and bubbly. Some people might find it annoying though. I adjust per person and personality.

For someone with autism I adjusted quite well, my social skills are quite good, just don't understand my own feelings very well, don't understand what feeling happy feels like and other emotions, just don't get it, I always feel the same and just adjust. Goes automatically with me. Strange, wish I understood it better.

Well, I love cartoon comedy, visual and uncanny humour.
Once I was at a science talk and after a woman announced someone had lost a guide dog.
She then said they had no leads, I had to control my laughter in the audience.