I keep hearing about how you shouldn’t laugh over your own jokes but when I watch a video or listen to a podcast, I find it much more authentic and likable when they laugh over their own jokes in a conversation. You know, vibes.
I probably said the joke because I thought it was funny and so it’s really difficult not to laugh and I don’t care what anyone thinks because I’m an idiot
It depends on why they’re laughing for me. Lots of terribly unfunny people essentially provide their own real time laugh track to signal “This is the funny part, laugh please,” which gets old real quick. They also tend to laugh incredibly hard at their own jokes, far more than is merited by the actual joke. Unfunny people trying to force a joke like that get old fast.
On the other hand, I don’t take issue with having a bit of a laugh with everyone else when you land a good one. On rare occasion, there are even jokes that wind up funnier because they’re just so hilarious that the person telling them can hardly get them out without busting up themselves.
No because I personally laugh over my extremely silly jokes
People who say you shouldn’t laugh at your own jokes are either sad, sad people or have never told a funny joke or story ever.
There’s jokes and stories I’ve been saying for 20 years that still make me laugh as I’m saying it.
Be a man, laugh at your own jokes.
Followed your advice, now my husband complains I’m not the woman he married anymore.
Laughing sounds like one of them “emotions” that aren’t sposed to exist for real manly men, so says the teevee
/- Cleetus
Sometimes I laugh on purpose to indicate that I’m joking.
My coworker has that kind of sense of humor where he always says the obvious joke you’re hoping nobody will make. Then he laughs, and for some reason, everyone else does.
Also, whenever he helps someone and they thank him, he says, “That will be 10 dollars,” and then laughs about his joke.
The reason i hate it is this: He’s a lazy, quiet-quitting asshole who everyone likes. I, on the other hand, work my butt off. I appreciate a witty, clever sense of humor. However, I’m socially awkward, so nobody likes me!
Did we change what quiet quitting means again? Doing his job and nothing more is a bad thing now?
Doing the least amount possible to keep a job puts pressure on coworkers to take up the slack. I work in an ER, not an office. When someone is in the bathroom texting, more than they are out on the floor helping its shitty, yes.
Being a liability isn’t what I would consider most people’s definition of quiet quitting, especially in that sort of environment.
You may be right, but it was a quick and dirty way of making my point. I didn’t expect the Reddit Inquisition to be here yet.
“Everything i don’t like is reddit” you could have just ignored me instead of being butthurt about it
It was a joke. I originally wrote Spanish Inquisition, but thought it was funnier to call it the Reddit Inquisition. Sorry for my buttholiness.
Nobody expects the Reddit Inquistion!
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You’re telling the joke because you find it funny, it’s so fucking weird that people seem to not understand that.
I have no opinion but I feel like laughing is mostly involuntary when its genuine.
Oh, laugh if you feel like laughing!
Life is too short to worry about what should be done in which vibe.
It depends on the joke: most are funny regardless, but for some jokes a straight/deadpan delivery is part of the humor.
As long as they’re not obnoxiously loud and saying something that’s actually funny, I think it’s completely normal. People usually say funny things that they find funny so it would be natural for them to laugh a little.
I have a guy at my work who does this, he half shouts some unfunny thing like “Are you watching porn on your computer?” Then laughs really loudly while everyone else is silent.
If someone is about to tell me a joke and start laughing mid first sentence it’s a sign that is either going to be very good or so bad it will become good.
Let them laugh!
This right here is the best answer in my opinion. Regardless of the story, the teller is just so into it that they can’t stop laughing. You’re probably going to end up laughing with them.
The only time it can get annoying is if it disrupts the telling of the story multiple times, but I’m also impatient in general
I am indifferent to it because i think it is just logical that people laugh about their own jokes. They have a thought that makes them laugh so they want to share it.
Why should I share a joke that doesn’t make me laught?
I feel like “don’t laugh at your own jokes” is a piece of ancient wisdom from the entertainment industry.
Like, if you’re a performer and you’re laughing so hard that you can’t get the punchline out, then it prevents people from actually hearing the joke.
When you consider that performers in traditional media have a limited time slot to work in, then taking a break to laugh could be considered a waste or unprofessional.
I don’t think that long-format content has the same problem. If you’re making an online video or a podcast then you’re not limited by time. Authenticity is more important than fitting into a five minute set
