Do you fake laugh at jokes?

pragmatic1

I do just to be polite and I die a little every time. When a good stand up tells a joke its usually hilarious. When a workmate or an associate tells a joke they normally have no delivery and it feels like you're obliged to laugh.

John Doe1

Hahaha what a great observation.....:rolleyes:

Micky Dolenz

Yeah, all the time. Most of my clients are fecking clowns comedians

Chuck Stone

Yes and it hurts.


I wrote an OP about it and never used it I'll post it up.

Edit: Must have deleted it.

Kasabian

Nope. If it's not funny, it's not funny.

Wetai

I think I sometimes laugh as an automatic reaction to others doing it :<

FortuneChip

Yeah, I do. Usually before the Punchline is even delivered, just to show how well I understand witticisms

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
The police. I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your husband is in
hospital.

---

A man walks into a pub.
He is an alcoholic whose drink problem is destroying his family.

No but I laugh at the eejit telling them

starlit

No I don't. I will only genuinely laugh at a joke if I think its any bit funny!

Chuck Stone

I play poker in the pub every Thursday and there are the inevitable 'C'mere did you hear about....'

Whenever I hear that I just think 'Ah FFS now I have to do the fake laugh thing'.

stupidusername

No, I find it hard to be like something that I'm not - interested, or whatever...

Saila

John Doe1 wrote: »

Hahaha what a great observation.....:rolleyes:

*fake laughs*

Kiera

I tend to just smile which lets them know it was a crap joke.

starlit

I will either laugh at the joke or laugh at the person saying the joke if its ridiculous or laugh with the person telling the joke if its any bit funny!

John Doe1

Saila wrote: »

*fake laughs*

*Kicks you in the head* "Oh sorry was that me"

superstoner90

do i fake laugh at jokes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgbZqR2AGI

Dunny

No, if it's not funny, I bitchslap em.

flutterflye

No, usually I just say "that was crap" or "eh, yeah, that wasn't funny".
People tell me I'm too blunt, but I think people are too fake.

starlit

Sometimes I will get my poker face on! ha ha ha! Just smile if I think the joke is shyte or don't understand it. :P

pragmatic1

flutterflye wrote: »

No, usually I just say "that was crap" or "eh, yeah, that wasn't funny".
People tell me I'm too blunt, but I think people are too fake.

I'd say the same to friends but not work people. Btw people dont like honesty.

flutterflye

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I'd say the same to friends but not work people. Btw people dont like honesty.

Yeah, I know they don't!
But I was just never one of those people.

I just don't get doing or saying things that are not true for the sake of being polite or mannerly.

I'm alot better than I used to be - can hold my tongue more now, but I don't think I'll ever be able to be fake - and I don't want to be anyway.

Abi

No I don't laugh, I just smile politely till they're over whatever the hell it was they just said. I just carry on conversation once they've stopped, it probably makes them feel like shit, but I can't pretend to laugh at something I don't find funny.

pragmatic1

flutterflye wrote: »

Yeah, I know they don't!
But I was just never one of those people.

I just don't get doing or saying things that are not true for the sake of being polite or mannerly.

I'm alot better than I used to be - can hold my tongue more now, but I don't think I'll ever be able to be fake - and I don't want to be anyway.

You sure you'd like to live in a world where everyone was honest with their thoughts? I remember being honest with my brutally honest sister once. Cue her roaring her eyes out and not speaking to me for the best part of a year.

flutterflye

pragmatic1 wrote: »

You sure you'd like to live in a world where everyone was honest with their thoughts? I remember being honest with my brutally honest sister once. Cue her roaring her eyes out and not speaking to me for the best part of a year.

I've done that before - roared my eyes out at someone's honesty.
But Yes, I would much rather know someone's true feelings.
At least you know where you stand, and who your true friends are.

I really respect people who speak their mind actually - not those people who shout their opinions from the rooftops, but if you ask a question like "does this dress make me look fat", I would much rather hear "well actually it's not the most flattering, why don't you wear your red one instead?" than "no, don't be silly", when they really do think it is unflattering.

Chuck Stone

I'm going to be brutally honest with people who claim to be brutally honest all the time.

You have no social skills.

flutterflye

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'm going to be brutally honest with people who claim to be brutally honest all the time.

You have no social skills.

I'm going to just presume you're talking to me there (well I'm answering whether you are or not!)

I'd be the first to say that I have no social skills!
Hence why I'm on the internet instead of out and about with friends!

And believe me, I have tried.
I really have!
I just find it so hard and tedious.

ejmaztec

I laugh before they start, and that usually shuts them up.

Abi

ejmaztec wrote: »

I laugh before they start, and that usually shuts them up.

That actually made me laugh

Chuck Stone

flutterflye wrote: »

I'm going to just presume you're talking to me there (well I'm answering whether you are or not!)

I actually wasn't talking about you I was making a general statement. If I was adressing something you said in particular I'd quote you like now

I'd be the first to say that I have no social skills!

Ah you must have some!?

I just find it so hard and tedious.

I'm not too bad with it. Slow to warm up but when I get to know people I'm grand.

If someone doesn't laugh at my jokes that makes them all the funnier in my head.

I'm not sure what that says about me though.

Cee-Jay-Cee

If its funny i laugh, if its not then i dont and to save them from embarrassment i'll usually say 'Get some new material, heard it years ago!'

Teyla Emmagan

Never. I might give them a 'You're a pathetic' smile, but that's it.

There is this girl in work who laughs at the end of every sentence. It's a nervous thing (I guess) but it DRIVES ME NUTS!!

ballsacky

I'll often do a polite chuckle or smile at least. No need to be a tosser about it.

sgb

I try and be polite and always smile even it's not funny

I'm sure that's what most people do

crash davis

I feel like a Barbie doll at times with one or two relations who think they're stand-ups, especially when they corner you at a family get together and it's non-stop "anecdotes and one-liners". One thing I can't stand is try hards like that..... you know the type I'm talking about, right? Headwrecking.

Abi

Deleted User wrote: »

If someone doesn't laugh at my jokes that makes them all the funnier in my head.

I'm not sure what that says about me though.

We just smile at you awkwardly and hope it will pass :pac:


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pragmatic1

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Never. I might give them a 'You're a pathetic' smile, but that's it.

There is this girl in work who laughs at the end of every sentence. It's a nervous thing (I guess) but it DRIVES ME NUTS!!

Yeah theres a lad at work who does the same thing. Not an endearing quality.

flutterflye

Deleted User wrote: »

If someone doesn't laugh at my jokes that makes them all the funnier in my head.

I'm not sure what that says about me though.

I do that too!
I think it's a nervous embarrassment thing for me.

jockeyboard

Abi wrote: »

That actually made me laugh

faker!

Birdie086

No never,
and I am sure the foreigners I work with are laughing at completely different jokes altogether we tell a joke in work

keysersoze0330

Faking a laugh usually makes them tell more...and more...and more:(