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06 Mar 2011, 11:51 pm

Are there general preferences? Or does it all depend on the person?

I personally enjoy parody the most. And as silly as it sounds for a college student, I often find Cartoon Network's Adventure Time hilarious, though I don't know what kind of humor that is.

Also, are there types of humor that many people like that most aspies do NOT?



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07 Mar 2011, 12:28 am

i really like it when peopl jingle keys for some reason, wierd


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07 Mar 2011, 12:32 am

I enjoy offbeat humor, maybe it's called dark. I don't like any humor labeled as such, but the humor that creeps into an otherwise serious work.

Oh, I guess the exception to that is A Bit of Fry & Laurie, I can chuckle at them pretty thoroughly.



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07 Mar 2011, 12:36 am

British comedy does it for me. I enjoy all the old British sitcoms. :lol:


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07 Mar 2011, 2:04 am

I love dark humor, I think that's a national thing, it's been commented that if you want to be instantly funny the best thing you can do in my country as a comedian is to walk onto the stage bleeding. But I also love satire, as well as deadpan dry humor. Farces I often like too. Slapstick I'm not so much on, most of it isn't done very well. Your average Hollywood comedy that mostly centers around someone making a complete fool of themselves publicly in the most mortifying way just makes me cringe, so no Ben Stiller or Will Ferrel for my laughter needs.



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07 Mar 2011, 2:07 am

Creative nonsense is my favorite type of humor.



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07 Mar 2011, 2:16 am

I enjoy irony and satire, but most of all irreverence.


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07 Mar 2011, 2:30 am

I don't know. I can't really define it. I know it when I see it.


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07 Mar 2011, 2:34 am

I like unexpected humor, the sort that plays with your expectations, like a story that you think is headed in one direction, but takes a sudden turn in a completely different direction. I like things which play with your assumptions; you are given a little information, you assume one thing, but you find out that the truth is something different. I like humor that contrasts the different ways that different people view the world. I like humor with a bit of an edge to it; laughing at things that are slightly taboo or off limits. I like humor with a little depth to it; it makes you laugh, but it makes you think at the same time.


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07 Mar 2011, 2:43 am

Yensid wrote:
I like unexpected humor, the sort that plays with your expectations, like a story that you think is headed in one direction, but takes a sudden turn in a completely different direction. I like things which play with your assumptions; you are given a little information, you assume one thing, but you find out that the truth is something different. I like humor that contrasts the different ways that different people view the world. I like humor with a bit of an edge to it; laughing at things that are slightly taboo or off limits. I like humor with a little depth to it; it makes you laugh, but it makes you think at the same time.


I like this too. Now I think of it, surprise is almost an essential part of humour for me. I don't laugh at something I expect or can extrapolate for myself. A lot of people's jokes seem to obvious. I like things that distort reality in some way. Something bizarre, incongruous, strange; something that breaks the order of the day.


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07 Mar 2011, 2:58 am

bad puns.

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07 Mar 2011, 5:41 am

I'm not sure. I don't laugh a lot. When I do it's usually about something rather obscure and other people don't find very funny. I usually chuckle a bit at the "usual" kind of humor. I do joke a lot and other people find my comments quite funny, but I myself feel they're only a bit funny.



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07 Mar 2011, 5:48 am

Yensid wrote:
I like unexpected humor, the sort that plays with your expectations, like a story that you think is headed in one direction, but takes a sudden turn in a completely different direction. I like things which play with your assumptions; you are given a little information, you assume one thing, but you find out that the truth is something different. I like humor that contrasts the different ways that different people view the world. I like humor with a bit of an edge to it; laughing at things that are slightly taboo or off limits. I like humor with a little depth to it; it makes you laugh, but it makes you think at the same time.


Same here, sums up my every feeling



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07 Mar 2011, 5:49 am

I'm a sucker for geeky humor. This includes word puns, science jokes, and the like. Always guaranteed to make me laugh.


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07 Mar 2011, 10:14 am

I like people that can do sounds-impressions, makes me hysterical
I like it when someone describes how their car is a mess or house is a mess
things make me laugh that shouldn't..dark..weird..botched

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07 Mar 2011, 11:11 am

I have a thing for Star Wars parodies, in fact one of my favorite aspects of Family Guy is thier usage of jokes referring to Star Wars. I love the SW parodies Family Guy and Robot Chicken do.

I really enjoy jokes that are science or math related - the type of jokes that you find yourself being the only person laughing at because nobody else had any idea what it was about :P

I also find the obscene gore in the show Metalocalypse hilarious XD