[JoyDivision7680]

Apparently, my sense of humour is pretty atypical. I was never good at telling jokes, as a matter of fact I totally suck at that. I'm not sure why, maybe it's my tone of voice or the bored look on my face, I guess I will never know. I'm rather good at making remarks, especially ironic ones (ironic, huh?), like the one I made two years ago at the end of the math class when our teacher said, allegorically, that she didn't see us good (meaning we won't stand a chance if we were to pass an important math exam), and my remark was "you should change your glasses", even though I was half sure she's speaking allegorically. Also, when a teacher asks us to write a text about something, I usually write a dark one, often with sadistic things. I see it as a joke, my classmates see it as madness. I was wondering if it's common in Asperger's.

What's your sense of humour like?

[medicalfox]

I'm great at telling jokes and making people laugh, but I have a hard time understanding other people's jokes and sometimes understanding jokes in general. Stand up comedy is hard for me to watch because I usually don't understand it so I just laugh when other people laugh to seem social.

[medicalfox]

I don't pick up sarcasm very well though.

[JoyDivision7680]

I'm having a hard time getting it unless the person sends a lot of signs like moving their head slowly while talking or not entirely closing their mouth after talking. There are times when I get sarcasm without those though, but I'm still tempted to ask if it was sarcasm or not.

[Numbed]

I strangely get humour. I pretend to misinterpret it though, if it's a bad joke, so they can look at it later and try to restructure it to improve their abilities.

Maybe it's because I had a quirky uncle who introduced me to humour.
Wanna play 52 card pick up" *deck in his hands*.
"What's that I asked", I was only a small kid.
"Do you wanna play it or not?!"
"Ok ok!"

He bent the deck back in his palm with his fingers, and then let go... they flew EVERYWHERE...

Puzzled, I looked at him. I don't get it?

He looked at me, paused for a second, trying not to laugh...
he said... pick em up, with a sly smile.

Took me about 3 seconds to click... OH!
... no! I ain't picking them up!

... I picked them up, after he left, lol.

That kind of humour probably isn't the best one to develop, but i'm pretty good at joking with people. Makes me come accross as a bit of a twat, I realise recently, but damn, that card trick, was freaking hilarious. It's actually a type of humour that attracts Girls I found out. I just did it because it made me laugh. (made a post earlier about Women, taking my communication/behaviour the wrong way, and having to push them away, lol).

So yes, JD, I also grew up a smartass. Very good at reactive humour, but telling joke jokes, yeah not for me, always emphasised in the wrong places growing up.

I had a few joke books though as a kid.
Went to this community group party thing.

There was a clown doing a show on stage.
His second act was telling jokes.

He asks us all "Why do cows wear bells around their necks?"
I yelled out, "BECAUSE THEIR HORNS DON'T WORK!"

... nothing... silence... poor guy must of been frozen.

Another joke a few long seconds later, I knew that one to...
After not responding to either, I shut the hell up and felt hurt and confused why he didn't respond. Wasn't til I was older, I realised why, lol.

I usually don't get some sarcasm, when it's something that is serious/affects me in someway, because I don't./didn't get it that people joke about serious stuff.

The thing with humour though, no one starts off good. Well apart from kids, cause kids speak the truth/their minds, and that's what stand ups do, say what everyones thinking about a topic and something which is relatable. "It's funny because it's true". I read all those joke books, and I read a joke about butter too, but I won't tell you, you'll only spread it... ahem. (one of them I read, lol), but in the end, creating your own humour, is something which is worth it. It's a good bridge for getting along with NT's. But even better, it's something that makes you happy.

I highly encourage anyone who isn't neurotypical, to learn and develop their humour. Takes a lot of stress out of the challenges we face.

[-jimi-]

The urge to take something not meant as literal down to a literal level and make a joke out of it I see as typical aspie humor.

Please don't think a doctor would get it though.... Way back one asked if I heard voices and I said "Of course! I hear you loud and clear". DON'T say things like that. It took me 3 years getting "possible schizophrenia" out of my files.....

[Numbed]

Lol, my Psychiatrist was handing me another prescription of ADHD medication, while ruffling around their desk with the other hand. They said, so take these now
I responded " No! i'm not gonna takes these now, I've already took some today.

They looked up, puzzled, confused and kind of what is going on here!?!

I just laughed, and said in confusion to her puzzled response... literal... joke, you know... Autism... ?

She was even the Pysch who gave me that DX.
*shakes head in hands, crying, not shakes in dismay, my Doc is so bad*