Humour in the spectrum.

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Just wondering if anyone else out there has got themselves into trouble by having an oddball sense of humour? I know autistic folk in general are supposed to be a humourless bunch and totally lacking in empathy but I laugh a lot at a lot of things - and have also made some eye-watering gaffs. The one I remember most vividly was when I was an art student, and told that a fellow student was absent due to burying her grandmother - to which I retorted before I could stop myself 'I hope she was dead.'

There's a lot of dry humor among us, I've noticed.

My sense of humor has actually gotten kind of dirty recently, for which I blame my best friend.

Sounds like a good friend to have!

I don't think we're humourless - I think we have our own style of humour that seems to be a little odd? As Makayla said, there is a lot of dryness amongst aspie people. I think characters such as Sheldon Cooper (as much as I love him) seem to perpetuate the humourless side of autism, although he too finds things amusing when they are relevant to his interests. I'm very sarcastic too, something we're not supposed to be able to grasp. I amuse myself far more than I amuse other people and I tend to make jokes that are relevant to myself rather than going for the popular option.

"Hope she was dead!" That sounds familiar. I think things like that often but usually manage not to say them out loud. Which results in inappropriate laughter because I think it's funny and I can't help it.

Yea, there are a lot of people who do not like my sense of humor. The problem is that it is often satirical in nature and most people do not like to hear the truth, no matter what form it takes.

I'm told I have a dry sense of humour and I do tend to laugh at many things. I would definitely argue against the notion that we are all humourless .

Me too, with the sarcasm and satire - can't help it, and it means much more to me that i find it funny than anyone else. Audience participation unnecessary! When I was a kid I would sometimes get a joke about fifteen minutes after everyone else and then not be able to stop laughing for ages. Amazing how irritating that can be for others.

Not making the comment can be worse, mindsigh, and lead to explosions of supressed gurgling - very embarassing as nobody else knows why its happening!

I've always had an excellent sense of humor. It can be odd at times, and occasionally my delivery falters a bit around strangers, but still. I've been referred to as the court jester... by five unrelated people.

I tend to go with absurdist, sarcastic humor, myself. With my best friend, we always seem to end up doing sarcastic little skits and riffing off of each other, each of us playing a role that we're lampooning. Another thing I like about my lack of "empathy" is that I have no idea when to quit. A good friend's girlfriend died a while back. We're sitting in the waiting room, he's pretty much suicidal, and I (Who really should've been overcome with sadness as this girl was a good friend as well), was cracking jokes and doing everything humanly possible to get him to laugh. He thanked me later.

Although, try not to make fun of the deceased at a funeral. I learned that the hard way. Also, if you have to insert an image of Tubgirl into a teacher's slideshow, try to look shocked and keep a low profile. Standing up and taking a bow for your adoring fans is a good way to get detention.

Absolutely! I love satire and have a vicious and dry sense of humour which bubbles up at the most inappropriate moments. The worst is when I'm forgetting to filter and something is delivered to my mouth without my having time to check it first. Effects have ranged from odd looks, to getting the slop beaten out of me, but you've got to laugh, haven't you?

All the time, I have been told I have a very literal and dry sense of humour and I tend to make snappy comments, when it just seems obvious to me. That's why I just have a close set of friends most of whom have a dark sense of humour.

I do sort of manage to hide this from new people until I feel comfortable that I won't offend them, then down side of that is I that I struggle even more to say anything to new people, which just makes me anxious at parties or new jobs etc.

Dry,mordant, sardonic,sarcastic.....yes,all me. And odd,absurdist,surreal too. Likely to come out with it at odd,possibly inappropriate times. I seemed to tap into a vein of continuous,dark witticisms at my Father's funeral which mystified some people. It can be awkward,some people don't "get me" but its so pleasant when someone does.

Well, I laugh at myself all the time.

I have got in trouble meny times, my sense of humor can be very dry and pointed and easily confused as advice or being critical eventhough I have seen meny NTs can deliver the same type of humor and get away with it. I also come up with some very odd word based humor and stuff like that. I have found the best way to get laughs is to just honstly tell people what I saw and felt in a day that was amusing or notable becouse of my different perspective viewing life.

While I love comedy and spend large amounts of time watching it at times I usually fail to get half of the jokes and often wonder why 75% of the comedians are even liked, get laughs, can book paid shows and get on an edited TV broadcast becouse they are not funny and don't make any sense to me at all.

Part of what makes this place so much fun is that we seem to have the same sense of humour.

Not getting the groans from NTs, or having to wait while they get is good.

So the advice: "Please engage brain, before opening mouth" is not needed.