Sense of humor during conversations

[Yefim Zverev]

Alright I know that sense of humor is needed. It is the spice of a conversation. It makes people communicate better in friendship and ease under a warmer atmosphere. So far me is concerned my sense of humor is terrible.

Do you think it can be improved or it is no use if I don't have natural creativity or intelligence for sense of humor during conversations.

It also helps a lot during political discussions that your persuasiveness is improved through perceiving your creativity of sense of humor by audience.

Check revleft and you may see that funny texts get more attention and votes even if they might be less logical in comparison to serious but informative texts.

Training sense of humor ?

[ВАЛТЕР]

Number one tip on being funny: Don't try too hard.

Everyone is funny at one point or another, and everyone says unfunny things sometimes too.

Just relax and let the conversation flow. A sense of humor is developed from socialization. It all depends on the kind of people you spend your time with.

[ellipsis]

a joke is when you build up expectation that something is going to happen, and then break that expectation. but seriously, as a funny guy, i dunno, training a sense of humor?

watch some marx brothers movies, they will teach you everything you need to know.

[Book O'Dead]

Nowadays you can say just about any moronic thing in writing and pass it off as funny as long as you end it with a smiley face like this: :-)

You can say: "Your momma is a horse cock-suckin' slut" and, if you include a smiley face you'll be safe from censure and might even get other imbeciles to laugh and write "LOL".

But seriously, there's a time for everything. Imagine the pilot of the plane you're on announcing that the landing gear won't respond and for everyone to prepare for a crash landing and adding: "On the bright side, folks, I've ordered the flight attendants to hand out free drinks and peanuts as soon as we come to a full stop!"

[La Comédie Noire]

Its a lot like a song, you have to have timing and a sort of natural rhythm for joke telling. You can learn how to do it, it just takes time. They way you phrase stuff can have a big impact on how it sounds. Brad Neely, the guy who made china, Illinois is especially good at this and its a shame he doesn't utilize it more in the show.

There's

Mother fucker

V.

unholy fucker of mothers!

[Nox]

I also have a shit sense of humour. I remember once (this is pretty funny), I met up with a guy from an Anarchist organisation in real life at a Starbucks, and he tried to crack a joke by saying "there's a lot of ex-trotskyists in our organisation" and then sniggered to himself. Lol I laugh just thinking about that, but that's probably what I look like every time I try to be funny :3

[Le Rouge]

One tip : You cannot be funny to everyone. There is always people that you CAN'T make laugh.

And, Don't try to hard to be funny. Let it flow.

[NewLeft]

I also have a shit sense of humour. I remember once (this is pretty funny), I met up with a guy from an Anarchist organisation in real life at a Starbucks, and he tried to crack a joke by saying "there's a lot of ex-trotskyists in our organisation" and then sniggered to himself. Lol I laugh just thinking about that, but that's probably what I look like every time I try to be funny :3
lol yes, jokes where people don't laugh are unintentionally funny.

[NorwegianCommunist]

I hate it when Im discussing with some right wing guy and then he tries to use humour to "win" the conversation. Somebody uses it to not embasses their self.

[ellipsis]

this would probably do better in non-poli

[Agent Ducky]

Nowadays you can say just about any moronic thing in writing and pass it off as funny as long as you end it with a smiley face like this: :-)


No! You must NEVER put the dash in the middle as a nose. It looks terrible. I know of NO ONE who does this.
I think the worst though is someone who says "Condescending statement. Emoticon." Especially if the emoticon is ^_^. Like they're trying to look friendly or some shit.

Sorry. I got a bit off-topic there.
As for being funny? I guess the way I do humor normally is by making unexpected connections. Or something.

[human strike]

a joke is when you build up expectation that something is going to happen, and then

[¿Que?]

Ah, humor. That long established tradition of coaxing a laugh out of people. Humor is something that can be so contextual that it might not even be worth putting into words, but I will try. Consider that I was at a restaurant with some friends and we were cracking jokes and laughing, and something occurred to me...all the jokes were terrible. They were only funny because we were transgressing social norms and it was sort of awkward. For example, a friend needed boots for work, and another friend was wearing boots. I suggested we wrestle him down and steal them. The reason this was funny was because it was a total 180 degrees on what you would expect a reasonable, rational person to say. Sometimes, just being irrational can get you laughs.

You have to learn how to "feel" your audience or the people you are trying to make laugh. I tend to be pretty clever off the cuff, but when it comes to telling an actual joke, I'm horrible. Then again, off the cuff remarks can often get you into trouble. Just some things to keep in mind.

EDIT: Also consider that delivery can have a lot effect on the reaction. Sometimes, just saying something in a funny voice wil get you laughs, even if what you're saying is totally mundane.

[dodger]

Alright I know that sense of humor is needed. It is the spice of a conversation. It makes people communicate better in friendship and ease under a warmer atmosphere. So far me is concerned my sense of humor is terrible.

Do you think it can be improved or it is no use if I don't have natural creativity or intelligence for sense of humor during conversations.

It also helps a lot during political discussions that your persuasiveness is improved through perceiving your creativity of sense of humor by audience.

Check revleft and you may see that funny texts get more attention and votes even if they might be less logical in comparison to serious but informative texts.

Training sense of humor ?

Yefim, breaking rocks in the hot sun. That's where I learnt my sense of humour. I would be given a rock, that would be broken into smaller pieces and given to the next person in line. My humour started from the moment one of the guards standing close to the edge was pushed over the cliff and landed below. I had been working closest and he had shouted DD-DD--ODDGERRRH! AS HE WENT INTO THE ABYSS.

I continued laughing whilst in Solitary confinement. The guards came and told me he would never walk unaided again. I was nearly sick laughing. There blows only made me cry with laughter more. The police interrogators got me in hysterical laughter. Their head shaking and claiming I knew something and the glare of light in my eyes set me off again. "No laughing matter". "Stop yer killing me!". The prison doctor said I should be allowed out of solitary. Not in the quarry. Not in the kitchens(sharp objects) the prison library it was to be...I laughed louder....I was illiterate. The doc said she would sort that, said she wished all the inmates were as happy as me. I read every book, laughed fit to bust.

They let me in to watch a film, Diary of Anne Frank, I was kicked out, not for laughing. I had shouted out repeatedly "she's behind the bookcase!" when the soldiers were in the building. The others laughed but I was serious. Couldn't the fools see? Someone who was going down"asked for other cases to be taken into consideration". HE MENTIONED THE ARMED ROBBERY i WAS CONVICTED OF...MY CONVICTION DEEMED UNSAFE IN LAW WAS SET FREE. WHAT A JOKE!

WENT TO SEE THE BOSS WHO GAVE ME A TON FOR NOT SPILLING.Best to stay out of the way until it blows over, besides my laughing was getting on every ones tits. I have not stopped laughing since.

[MotherCossack]

ooh ahh
ha ha ha
shall ah
tell ya?

something truly funny
is better than money.

i laughed and i laughed
when things got daft.

make me smile,
for a while.

it gives me pleasure
and i treasure
the funny stuff you just cant measure.

oh it is a very big, big little thing
funny stuff.

[Kitty_Paine]

ooh ahh
ha ha ha
shall ah
tell ya?

something truly funny
is better than money.

i laughed and i laughed
when things got daft.

make me smile,
for a while.

it gives me pleasure
and i treasure
the funny stuff you just cant measure.

oh it is a very big, big little thing
funny stuff.

I wish I knew you in real life :p

[Ostrinski]

People tell me I have a really negative/cynical sense of humor and that the stuff I find funny no one else finds funny.

[~Spectre]

Watch a lot of comedians and see how they time the things they say. Likewise just talk to a lot of people and read some stuff, and slowly but surely, you'll become funnier.

If you mean prepared humor as a weapon in debate, that depends entirely on your topic. There are always some standard zingers that a lot of debaters use though, for ex:

"It's always good to start off a speech with a quick joke, so let's go right to my opponent's first point"

[Agent Ducky]

I wish I knew you in real life :p

I wish I knew dodger and MotherCossack in real life and talked to them at the same time. The utter non-sequiturity of it all would probably cause electromagnetic disturbance or something.

[black magick hustla]

the truth is always funny in my experience

[MotherCossack]

I wish I knew you in real life :p


I wish I knew dodger and MotherCossack in real life and talked to them at the same time. The utter non-sequiturity of it all would probably cause electromagnetic disturbance or something.


you know what .... these lovely comments have made my day...
but you know what they say.... the funniest folk are often the saddest people around....
i think there might be something in that.... there are loads of well known examples.... and as for me...
well let us put it this way.... i even irritate myself..... i think it is a case of small doses works best.... and if i could..... i'd have a break from me...

oh hark at me..

its mother cossack
in only an
old anorak

mustn't grumble
you know you are
far too humble

why give myself a beating
that thing called life
is much too fleeting

just smile *
for a while

dont always ask why
the fact is...
we all have to die

before we say goodbye
i wish...
together we could fly


*sorry i used this in last poem but i love the line so much...

[Quail]

I don't crack jokes. I don't think I could pull it off. Most of the things I say/do that are funny are due to my awkwardness. For example, one of my neighbours brought her kid trick-or-treating to my house on Hallowe'en and introduced herself, and I just responded with, "Hi! I... live here," and then awkwardly closed the door. It's mostly just me telling stories of things that have happened that I make people laugh with.

[MotherCossack]

i agree.
there are things in life that are funny...
jokes are second best. like an imitation.
finding the humour in real life is the trick.

as part of my performing arts degree
i did a whole semester on 'the clown'
each week we would study different types of clown...
until each of us 'found' our personal 'clown'
the bully, the twit, happy clown, clumsy clown, the grumpy clown and so on.

there were no gags.... it was pure clowning.... which is very hard ...
and it has to be honest and intense.

guess where i found my clown....
and it was a good'un...
the tragic clown.....
definitely the hardest... you must acheive an honesty in pathos but never resort to parody.
lots of fine tuning.... but once i got the hang of it...
i flew.... they were in stitches.... such fun...

those were the days.

[Nox]

I don't crack jokes. I don't think I could pull it off. Most of the things I say/do that are funny are due to my awkwardness. For example, one of my neighbours brought her kid trick-or-treating to my house on Hallowe'en and introduced herself, and I just responded with, "Hi! I... live here," and then awkwardly closed the door. It's mostly just me telling stories of things that have happened that I make people laugh with.

Haha don't quit your day job :)

[La Comédie Noire]

I think the best compliment I get about my humor is when someone asks "What's that from??" or "Is that from something??"

[Doflamingo]

I have quite the offbeat sense of humor, but people tend to enjoy it... so I'm not complaining.

[Thirsty Crow]

For example, one of my neighbours brought her kid trick-or-treating to my house on Hallowe'en and introduced herself, and I just responded with, "Hi! I... live here," and then awkwardly closed the door. It's mostly just me telling stories of things that have happened that I make people laugh with.Forget about cracking jokes, this is humor :laugh:
But really, I love such awkward situations and would probably laugh my ass of were I in her position.

[MotherCossack]

i tell ya what aint funny... to me anyway...
that cringey stuff that is so close to awkwardness and embarrassment that it is painful.
the office ... is an example...
why is such a dick funny?
i dont think humiliating people is funny....
why do people think it is entertaining to see a godawful singer, show themselves up
on the x factor? it aint.
absurd or bizarre behaviour is funny
unexpected reactions and putting unrelated things together.... genuine pottyness...
i dont know... it is hard to pin down...