I hate it when people jokingly insult each other

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Ah, I hate when people use these jokes too (jokingly insult/ teasing eachother) but not because I really do hate it.
It's because I'm horrible at it
It seems like everyone use this skill to make friends.
I'm trying so hard to mimic this but it's so hard.
NTs do this so naturally.... I really want to learn this but don't know how.
My whole life I covered my slight social awkwardness by trying my best to be polite and nice as possible to others. To some extent it helps, but with my new job I see literally everyone teasing eachother all the time and that's how they socialize. I feel like I'm left out alone being the boring unfunny person who is nice but nobody cares about that.

I was looking at the thread "How to make fun of/tease a person in a friendly way?" too...
(I cannot link it because Wrongplanet doesn't let new users to link URLs)
I guess it's matter of you have it in you or not, like it's something you cannot just practice and get better.
Get's me depressed.....

I have mixed feelings about it. I mean if its all in good humour I don't really care but when it goes to far I certainly do get uncomfortable. I mean I prefer to laugh with someone about something shi*tty that happens to them rather than at them about it. I mean for instance I have PTSD and so I am rather jumpy and an aquantince of mine who was over at my friends house came and poked me in the side just to sort of get my attention and I dropped a dish I was holding in the sink and practically dived on the floor and got up ready to hit someone before I realized it was just her and we both laughed about it........but if she had laughed at me and mocked me for my condition than it would have hurt my feelings.

Thas a typical NT behavior. They to be very predatory. Frankly, I have never met an Aspie who would do it. I think we are kinder and more realistic than the rest of the (NT) population.

I thought I was the only one who hated it when people insult eachother jokingly!! ! Holy cow I seriously thought I was the only one who gets irritated when people do that. It seems like EVERYONE is doing it so it looked like I was the only one who got rubbed the wrong way when people jokingly insulted eachother. Nice to see someone feels the same way. Yes, sarcasm, teasing, playful insults and playful sexual behavior and humorous blames all irritate me to no end. Especially if it's a couple. I don't understand why two people who, supposedly like eachother enough to "date" would call eachother unnecessary names. I think it's offensive! Joke or not, to me it's just not funny. Thanks for making this thread, nice to know somebody shares this opinion.
I didn't type much, sorry. Im on my iPod touch and hate to type on this small key board.

Huzzah. I know this post is old, but I am really happy I found it. I really can't stand this type of behaviour either. I am having this problem with a roommate and it's really difficult. She jokingly insults me all the time and I try to brush it off but it's really getting under my skin. I searched for "why do people think it's funny to insult each other" on google and nothing came up. Then I figured searching here might help... and lo and behold, it did. It's actually kind of comforting to know that this is an aspie problem. That means that her behaviour isn't necessarily mean-spirited, because I was starting to feel attacked and afraid. Now I know that if I lose my temper, it will probably be seen as an overreaction, and make it worse... so I will attempt to quietly, calmly and kindly state my case, and say, "Please don't call me names." Maybe explain that I suck at sarcasm and take things at face value. Merp.

Yeah, I don't like it either. The thing is, there are groups of people who really don't do it. My mom friends never do this to each other. Ever. Maybe because we're grownups, maybe because we're busy teaching our kids to speak respectfully, but even those of us who come from aggressive parts of the country don't do this. They're just supportive, and the conversation's sprinkled with compliments and supportive remarks.

I recently had my students visit anti-vax mom boards and engage in conversation there, and they were all surprised by how nice the moms were. One girl said it made her sorry she wasn't actually a mom -- they'd assumed she was a young mom, and were super-nice and welcoming.

It's called 'banter'. I'm terrible at it, I don't like it, and as a result, I'm usually seen as a humourless person for it.

I find it really relieving to be able poke someone without fearing they might feel offended - and so do I dare say a majority of NTs.

Life shouldn't be taken too seriously.

I normally dislike this too... but I'm guilty of it.

I don't speak spanish, but my best friend is half Mexican half Spaniard. When we were teenagers his mum would come home from work and we'd usually be hanging out in front of his house/garage/etc. He would have ticked her off by the time she removed herself from her car and made it to the door (I make him sound like a bad kid, he wasn't, just really lazy at the time) On really bad days his mum would slam the door and then curse at the top of her lungs in spanish. So I say I don't know spanish... eh, I know how to curse in spanish. When my friend and I would part in the evenings we would jokingly insult each other in spanish. It was even funnier when he would have to correct me with male/female pronunciations.

I don't know... I was under the impression groups of guys socialize this way. One of my friends called me a dick once and we both laughed.

One of the places of employment where I worked was had work a program. The people that worked there would insult you by joking around instead of being professional enough to tell you when something bothered them.

One of the people who worked there had a child with Autism themselves who had a more severe case. So you would think that they would be more understanding. Was I ever wrong. I did some things that this person did not like but they never pulled me to the side and talked it over. Instead they appeared to make more insulting jokes. Then when I would cry it was "I was just kidding." It was when I called them out that I found out they felt like I had an arrogance and upper attitude that I was just not aware of. I just did not understand that.

Jeese. I'm guilty of that. Infact I've offended allot of people that either didn't get that I was joking ir didn't like it!

There's a time and a place for everything.

Aggressive banter between good friends is actually quite fun, provided all participants understand the importance of timing and where their boundaries are.