woodside12

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why is it always that when i'm being sarcastic, funny, or both it always ends up being serious?

whenever i'm joking around, it just has to be serious. whats up this? and no, not the sun or the sky.

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+2 Views: 815 Answers: 9 Posted: 11 years ago

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doolittle

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Ah....I'm pretty dead pan when Im sarcastic and people who don't know me think I'm serious (which I then have to explain so they don't think I'm a jerk)

11 years ago. Rating: 9
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Ducky

If you and I got together, we'd have a fight within minutes. You would think I'm the jerk and I would think you are! We could do sarcasm at its best and then "I'm joking...I'm joking". LOL!!!

commented 11 years ago

doolittle

We'd have a blast and end up laughing til we cried. One of my Bestest friends and I do this and we laugh and laugh and people think we're both mean and nuts!!!

commented 11 years ago

Ducky

All of my friends are sarcastic too, or at the very least, they "get it" and think it's funny. Sarcasm is difficult to explain to those who don't. :)

commented 11 years ago

doolittle

I know..but it is so much fun!!!!

commented 11 years ago

mycatsmom

Doo, that happens to me all the time too. See my comment below. But, I find that jewish people are easier to joke around with b/c they get my quips and laugh.My black friends think I'm funnier than my white friends do.

commented 11 years ago

Colleen

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It's called a dry sense of humor.

11 years ago. Rating: 8
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doolittle

Yep!! How's the weather up there??

commented 11 years ago

Colleen

Cold at night, mild during the day.

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doolittle

Sounds like us

commented 11 years ago

Bob/PKB

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People sometimes just don't understand sarcasm as humor, especially if it is directed AT them. "Tone" is a big part of what is funny or not. Some people just don't "get" dry humor. It all depends on who you are with and the situation in which you find yourself.
Some people are NEVER going to find some things humorous.

11 years ago. Rating: 8
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Ducky

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Dry...yep and according to Yahoo, it's all good!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070625210157AABIvfj

11 years ago. Rating: 7
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lindilou

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Sarcasm is suppressed rage...or so I've read..or been told..I don't recall that portion of this silly tale...goshdangitall@!$#%@&*!$@!!

11 years ago. Rating: 7
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Ducky

Then Jerry Seinfeld is one of the angriest people I've ever seen doing stand up comedy and one of the few who doesn't curse throughout his whole routine nor use filth and think THAT'S funny. :)

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lindilou

...so THAT'S why........(scratching her forehead and wandering 'round in a circle...) ;D

edit> now I feel like dancing like Elaine!!

commented 11 years ago

Ducky

She was a great dancer, wasn't she? Funniest dance ever. lol

commented 11 years ago

figtree3

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Like me, it seems that you are over-expertly delivering your lines.

In order to clue someone in on your humor, you should let out a laugh as loud as you possibly can just after the sarcasm is received.

Then abruptly STOP. That way, they'll know it was a joke AND that you weren't laughing at them.

Other than that, you may be overly self-centered.

11 years ago. Rating: 6
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lindilou

Verrrrry observant! I shall save my bowing until later Master!

signed: Glasshopper

commented 11 years ago

mycatsmom

fig,Years ago, I noticed my girlfriend doing that when she said something kidding, so I started doing it. It doesn't work for me....even if I laugh after I say something kiddingly, there's still that person that quietly stares at me. You can hear the crickets chirping.

commented 11 years ago

doolittle

mycatsmom- I'm in the same boat with you- I've had people think I was serious and then was laughing at them. The people that "get it" think it's hysterical especially if the sarcasm is directed to them.

commented 11 years ago

figtree3

Ha ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho!!
Merry Christmas :)

commented 11 years ago

Titanicboy34

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becase ur sitting right next to me right now!

11 years ago. Rating: 6
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woodside12

that dosent help at all

commented 11 years ago

lindilou

um...are you related to hector5559??
Perhaps was a grammar teacher of yours or your Guru at some time?? Jus' curious is all.... ;)

commented 11 years ago

mycatsmom

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when I read this question in the right > > > column, I thought I had written it.........b/c I have gotten in trouble for saying quips of the top of my head that I thought were funny. And people usually ignore it, or give me a wierd look,or yell at me for it. I like to make people laugh.That's why I say funny things, but it never goes over well. No, I don't say anything degrading or critical, or off color about anybody ,or anything.

11 years ago. Rating: 3
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Chief Buzz Mc Dakka

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Sarcasm is wasted on the ignorant. Get smarter friends. Don't apoligise, let them think you're a jerk. You don't need them. Then move on to total cynicism. If you have any friends left after that, know that these are your true friends. You can at last relax and be yourself without worrying what others think.