My main pet peeve is when I say something funny and nobody laughs. I am a funny person. It is a fact. When I say something funny, the least people could do is laugh. I mean when I am trying to be funny and I’m not, then it is totally acceptable for people not to laugh. In fact, I would appreciate if they wouldn’t laugh, because it makes there other laughs not very credible and a lot less rewarding. But when I am obviously funny, people should get off their high horse and laugh. I mean a good sense of humor is very important for a happy life. If they aren’t laughing at the funny stuff I say, then they must be very bitter and unhappy people and they should probably just go away.
The worst is boys who don’t laugh when I say funny stuff. It drives me crazy. I know that what I said was funny and I can tell that they know it too, but they resist the laugh because they think that they are too cool to laugh at me jokes. Well newsflash buddy, people who laugh at people’s jokes are fun people and fun people are cool, so being a jerk and not laughing isn’t cool. It is just mean and makes people like me feel bad, so you should just enjoy life and laugh when funny people like me say stuff.
I guess I could change my mindset and consider the fact, that maybe I am not funny. Trust me, I’ve thought about it. And I’ve realized, the truth is, I am funny. COOL people tell me that I am funny all the time. I guess sometimes I am lazy and not as funny as usual and people expect more from me and that’s why they don’t laugh. Well you know what, that is a lot of pressure.
I guess I should just feel bad for the people who don’t laugh at the funny stuff I say. I mean it would be pretty awful to have no sense of humor and hate life. I will try to be more sympathetic to people who don’t laugh at my jokes than angry.
You are right. People need to laugh more. I'm afraid some people just take a lot to crack but it's up to us to save them from a life of monotony. When I'm working at the testing center, many people come in frazzled or stressed about the test they are about to take. I made a goal to get everyone I checked in to laugh before their test. I'll do anything I can like dancing along to the music we play, asking them for their phone number (only girls of course), telling them a funny thing that happened to me that day, or even telling them about how I fell off a llama. I get pretty good reactions and I've heard laughter really lowers peoples stress. It's how we can make the world a better place, one laugh at a time.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely agree with you Michelle. I always that it was proper for someone at least acknowledge that your joke was funny. I have lots of friends that just stare at me awkwardly as I would say something that at least deserves some credit for the genius behind it. I hate hearing the awkward silence once you complete your joke, because then you probably would have to drastically change the subject so you wouldn't have to bear the awkwardness of it. Even a slight chuckle would be great! And yes, it does make you feel bad after the joke was said and every one just looks at you. I would rather have someone to just pretend to laugh rather then just flat out say that was the dumbest joke in the world, obviously.
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