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Do you have a good sense of humor? How do you deal with humorless people? A problem or not a problem for you?

Posted - March 26, 2019

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  • Not a problem, usually when people take things too seriously,  I can find humour in that too. Just mess with them for amusement ;)
      March 26, 2019 12:12 PM MDT
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  • 469
    I hear ya twinnie! Same here. 
      March 26, 2019 2:51 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    I have a reasonable sense of humor.  If others don't, it's not my problem.  I usually stay away from people who can't laugh at themselves.
      March 26, 2019 1:44 PM MDT
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  • 469
    Yeah, I don't feel comfortable around people who have no sense of humor either.  
      March 26, 2019 2:54 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    It's like trying to be friendly with a cantaloupe.
      March 26, 2019 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 469
      March 27, 2019 2:55 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    I have a fantastic (albeit sometimes weird) sense of humor.  Unfortunately, almost all the people I'm around are humorless.  It's so frustrating!   I feel like an accomplished musician playing to a room of deaf people.   I kind do feel sorry for them. They don't know what they're missing by not being able to laugh.
      March 26, 2019 4:31 PM MDT
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  • 10037
    I think I do. I can find humor in most anything, even things that aren't really funny. (Dark humor is one of my favorite things). 

    I feel badly for people who seem to rarely laugh. Humor and laughter are such blessings, and a big part of being able to survive and thrive in life. 

    I wouldn't say it's a problem for me, but I don't really enjoy being around humorless people. 
      March 26, 2019 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 976
    My sense of humor sucks. I think I'm funny and no one else does. I really don't have a clue about other people. I just deal with them.
      March 26, 2019 7:30 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    Well you do have e sense of humor then - just not the same as other people.  I can identify as when I try to be funny people take it very seriously and don't get it. So mostly I don't even bother.  Though sometimes can't resist the temptation.  Anyway I sort of think those who always have to be making jokes often do it because they don't want to face themselves and their unhappiness. 
      March 26, 2019 7:42 PM MDT
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  • In a slightly serious vein  a sense of humour is not about making others laugh. It is a mechanism which allows us to interpret situations so that they don't get the better of us and overwhelm us. It helps us keep our intellectual and emotional balance, and is, in that way, our method of survival. Don't be too bothered about whether others are or aren't responsive. 
      March 26, 2019 7:56 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    Agree entirely.  +5.
      March 26, 2019 7:58 PM MDT
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  •   March 26, 2019 8:05 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    My seriousness and efficiency rather causes people to think I have none which is wrong.  I do but it is very personal and on the dry side which most people don't get.  But then I don't get it when people think they are being humorous when they are not.  Almost nothing worse but you just have to go along with it and humor them! This post was edited by officegirl at March 27, 2019 2:56 PM MDT
      March 26, 2019 7:35 PM MDT
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  • I'm very much like you in this respect. 
      March 26, 2019 7:43 PM MDT
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  • 976
    Me too. 
      March 26, 2019 7:47 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    Yes?   I know you enjoy being serious like me.
      March 26, 2019 7:54 PM MDT
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