Can a sense of humor be learned or is it innate?
Any thoughts?
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Fitting name
The only jokes I know are dirtier than a sailor in a brothel.
Try me
You are funny, @"happypantsmcgee." You should write a filthy joke book. Also, nice username and avatar.
Judging from the fact you asked this question, I'm going to say that for you, the answer is no.
The only way I can make people laugh is through pure shock value. Something only suitable for South Park or an ancient Greek play. Such as: "What do "happypantsmcgee and the baker have in common?""
They both had fingers in your mother?
here you are absolutely right!
where did this newfound interest in learning the science o"sense o humor" came from? did the hot receptionist fall for the funny floor sweeper guy. But if you really insist go to an adult chatting site and be the troll, if in 10 minutes you get fucked off, congrats, ur better off learning american psycho lines...
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Read Patrick's post.
That's the first time I have seen MS thrown for citing Patrick. Who thew it?!
Also, I started actually reading the PB an all of the hot girls place humor high among the traits they like in men.
If you ain't funny, don't force it pal
Russell Peters - Beating Your Kids --> Youtube (Sorry my Chimp status doesn't allow me to post links)
This post:
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Is posting stupid threads innate, or learned?
Dont bitch about threads sucking, your comment will get deleted.
Now that's more like it, "happypantsmcgee. 1+ SB.
I just had cataract surgery...Turns out I needed a Lincoln.
If you try to learn humour have fun with your awkward conversation goals of 2014.
For dark/filthy jokes I think a sense of humor can be acquired. The more you hear something/joke about a concept the less it seems taboo and the more likely you are to find some humor about it. Clearly it depends on how personal some thing are to you e.g. rape jokes to rape victims etc. If you can think of a topic that isn't too taboo for you, I think you could start there and see how those types of jokes make you feel.
yes, Arnold Schwartzennegeresfadbshfgggger wrote about how he learned it from a famous comedian basically just to be more successful.
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