Why are Aspies o slow to pick up on jokes?

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18 May 2008, 11:01 am

Yesterday I had this exact problem. I ate a piece of watermelon really fast and My sister was like "wow"
I said "Yeah, I just swallowed it down, didn't even taste it."
she said "You'll make some man very happy some day."

Took me until this morning to get it.

It was funny after I got it.

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18 May 2008, 11:04 am

MartyMoose wrote:

Spokane_Girl wrote:

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When some people hear I'm a comedian and I have asperger's they say "I didn't know someone who's autistic could have a sense of humor" and I say "I didn't know you were so incredibly stupid and close-minded."
They get mad for some reason

Because you called them a name and you were putting them down. No one likes to be put down. Whoever says they don't care what people call them, I don't believe them. They may have learned to ignore it and not let it bother them but that doesn't mean they like it.

I didn't really say that It was potential joke I was testing out on WP

Actually that is the kind of "jokes" I do make, I think it depends a lot on delivery because I am saying is so casually...like commenting on noticing that it was a nice day....It may not get a laugh from the person I am talking about but it always does from the other people around. I think these kind of comments actually saved me from being picked on more when I was a kid.

The other kind of humor I would use was self depreciating....nobody could insult me better then I could myself and it seems to let people relax because I just said what they were probably thinking(and maybe feeling guilty for thinking.). I can't "tell a joke" to save my life though....I'm the king of person who gets half way through and forgets the punch line....(we are legion :lol:

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I do think that not having much facial expression and seldom laughing does give people the idea that I'm stuffy/mature/serious and when I say something they always seem to take it seriously....you can have a lot of fun with that :wink:

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18 May 2008, 9:28 pm

craola wrote:

I just don't understand blonde jokes because is it people who are naturally blondes or people who dye their hair blonde? And what type of blonde? Dirty blonde? Strawberry blonde? Platinum? White blonde?
I normally ask these questions when people tell me a blonde joke...and they just look at me or tell me to shut up.
But I just don't understand it, because im not the cleverest person in the world, but there are far thicker people and most of them aren't blonde...its really confusing.

They are talking about people who have natural hair color, blonde.

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18 May 2008, 9:29 pm

Mikhaillost wrote:

I don't get it, explain.

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18 May 2008, 9:31 pm

I can pick up jokes fairly easily now.

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18 May 2008, 10:10 pm

The Psychology teacher I've mentioned in other topics has blonde hair and she's very smart. Obviously as stated I did wrong with the whole suspension etc. but IMO SHE GAVE BETTER ADVICE THAN ANYONE WHO HAS ANALYZED ME. :-( SHE WAS GREAT!! !! !!

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18 May 2008, 10:13 pm

I'm blonde.

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19 May 2008, 2:55 am

Quote:

I'm blonde.

But what does that mean?

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19 May 2008, 3:54 am

people with asp take jokes literally just like me when i was faced when i was small with a april fools joke since then they didnt do it anymore. Now me and jokes it goes better but still if there are april fools jokes in news or on tv or in newspapers that still fools me ...because i take them for real

asp dont make a difference between what is real and what is not real

i know a guy who has a shop and frequently say something silly and often i take it for real
then i dont know or to believe him what he ever tells me, if everything what he tells me is a joke or real

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19 May 2008, 7:44 pm

I find like most that I get most jokes, but not every joke tickles my funny bone. Subtle humor and teasing of course is what goes over my head. I remember a lady friend trying to tease me, and taking her seriously, and her incredulous reaction saying "John, I was just teasing ..."

My thoughts at the time were "why do women think we can read their minds?"; of course it would be almost 30 years before I discovered the "aspie" thing and understood the real reason.

Cheers, Johnpipe

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