Sense of humor

[Vee]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

 

[Estro Felino]

It depends on the culture.
In my own culture laughter is the meaning of life.
Irony, and also self-irony makes life more pleasant and filled with love.

I recall that as a kid (so pre-internet era) I used to have the wittiest sense of humor.
I still recall the jokes I laughed at...at school.
And also the jokes I invented as a kid.
I used to make my classmates literally die laughing.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Yeah, people are very angry online and off these days.

 

[ChristineM]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

I try to see the funny in everything, including the internet.

 

[Revoltingest]

I never joke anymore.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Humour often doesn’t translate online, even within cultures. And something about the internet - not sure what - seems to dehumanise interactions somehow.

 

[ChristineM]

Humour often doesn’t translate online, even within cultures. And something about the internet - not sure what - seems to dehumanise interactions somehow.

Awww... But, but, but

 

[SalixIncendium]

I blame Algore. He created the internet.
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[mangalavara]

I used to make my classmates literally die laughing.

I knew there was something sinister about you.

 

[mangalavara]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?

It might be doing that.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I used to make my classmates literally die laughing.

Literally? How are you not in prison?

 

[Debater Slayer]

Literally? How are you not in prison?

Manlaughter isn't a punishable offense in some countries.

 

[ChristineM]

I blame Algore. He created the internet.
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I blame Tim Berners-Lee, he invited the www

 

[Vee]

I blame Tim Berners-Lee, he invited the www

I blame people being too dramatic.

 

[ChristineM]

I blame people being too dramatic.

I was having a bit of fun. I too blame people for taking life to seriously

 

[Twilight Hue]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

It depends on the humor. Dry dry dry.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I was having a bit of fun. I too blame people for taking life to seriously

We all are going to die. I only take life as seriously as I have to. The rest is sheer futility which is why I'm still like a child, even in my late 50s.

 

[Audie]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

...I'd say he doesn't have a sense of humor

 

[JustGeorge]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

I've think its taken a toll on folks' attention span. 'Funny stuff' tends to be a picture and a line or two about it now. Long jokes aren't nearly as popular. Simpler, overall. (I preferred the long jokes.)

 

[anna.]

Do you guys ever have the feeling that the internet has been ruining people's sense of humor?
I do... a lot. It makes me sad.

I don't think so, but I do think the internet has fractured people's attention spans. There are a lot of things I've seen that have been laugh-out-loud funny, and the internet constantly reminds me of human ingenuity, imagination, and wryly perceptive takes on other humans. However, there's just... so much of it that I need to take regular breaks from it, to get out in nature, do some hard physical work, get my hands in garden soil or bread dough, take in some sunshine, look at the clouds, enjoy my coffee, read a book. Maybe it's more about balance.