What is "dry" sense of humour?

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03 Aug 2013, 2:57 am

Not knowing how to laugh about the mean people in the world and instead think your going to join in with their criminal actions :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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03 Aug 2013, 7:12 am

In my experience, a dry sense of humour would be a mix of deadpan but also slightly cynical or controversial

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03 Aug 2013, 11:21 am

With all that in mind, it seems like ironic sense of humour is not dry humour. Maybe most people just don't get irony?

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03 Aug 2013, 1:03 pm

I don't understand dry humor sometimes because if someone isn't being obviously funny I can't tell (however I don't always find obviously funny things amusing either.) Similar to the fact that I can never tell if people are upset/bored or off in space, or if people are happy unless they have a huge grin plastered on their face.

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03 Aug 2013, 2:08 pm

savvyidentity wrote:

With all that in mind, it seems like ironic sense of humour is not dry humour. Maybe most people just don't get irony?

"dry" is not synonomous with "ironic", but more often than not probably involves irony.

Sacha Cohen's work might be an example of "wet" humor because its the opposite of deadpan, and understated. His humor is very hyper, and over-the-top .

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03 Aug 2013, 3:16 pm

It's when your throat and mouth feel dry and you tell a witty remark.

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03 Aug 2013, 3:52 pm

savvyidentity wrote:

Verdandi wrote:

I think the above explanations are accurate.

Sometimes my deadpan delivery is so deadpan people think I'm serious.

I think this has happened to me where I've said something that could be taken serious if it was said with the wrong tone of voice, but I thought my tone of voice was sarcastic and it maybe it actually wasn't because I got taken seriously.

I had always thought I was very expressive in terms of facial expression and tone of voice but maybe it's not the case and I should try to ask someone if it is or not.

So I wonder if maybe it's possible I hear my own tone of voice differently, or don't notice my own facial expression.

I had no idea that I had muted emotional affect (facial expressiveness) and unusual prosody until I saw it in my clinical notes. Just about every single clinician who's seen me has commented on it in their files.

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03 Aug 2013, 4:22 pm

Verdandi wrote:

Hm food for thought, thanks

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