I don't like JOKES!

Yes you are right. Some people making fun a person for joke. What they are i don't know. They don't understand or don't want to understand. Or they are just stupid person. Well otherwise i also love jokes. It makes me relax and laugh.

Hi invisiblelady, I agree that jokes that are "below the belt" are tough to take. The exact word for that is ridicule. People tend to use joke and ridicule interchangeably. The difference is joke never hurts, and it pulls you out of blues, ridicule hurts and pushes you into blues. Nasty folks who try to express their jealousies in that fashion can be easily caught! The person who jokes and accidentally hurts, would never refer to it as joke afterwards as he or she would realize that is not a matter to joke about. The nasty one would continue to sprinkle salt on the wounds calling it joke, knowing fully well that it hurts some more. Ideally such people should be avoided/isolated. But if not possible, then we either steel ourselves treating them as people with much lower IQ than ours, ignoring them as if they are not worth it. Or we ridicule them right back when it is uttered amongst a group! It is an art to do that. That is what needs to be learnt. The more knowledge you have, the more easier it gets. :) That is because once you give your parting shot dipped well in knowledge, you will be asked to explain and that takes away the punch of that other person's remark. Whatever you do, you should never give in to self pity or refusing to joke. At times, you may not be able to ridicule on the same day. Keep the score card. It will be handy. But never choose to keep away from jokes, and isolate yourself.

I think that it is pathetic that there are so many people that feel it necessary to hurt others with the jokes that they tell. This has never been something that I've been a fan of, but the fact of the matter is that the greatest majority of the jokes that you hear anymore are meant to be hurtful to someone or another. I think that these should be avoided.

Everything in moderation. thats all I can add. I love jokes but jokes that poke at one individual aren't nice. The thing here I guess is to be able to laugh at the same joke when its pinned on you.

hi friend i am khan i had feel your emotions in this discussion and i came to the conclusion that you might be suffer from this joke done by person who never think that whether his/her joke will do good or bed effect on person. i can understand you that how the one feel when other makes jokes on him. i am very nuch satisfied with you but first i want to say that joke is not called a joke when it harms others and i think that joke is the way which can avoid the depression from ones mind and that is not called joke which depressed anyone. i know that laughing on others is so easy and be on place of that person is hard. i always stop the persons who make jokes on others and i also avoid to hurt others but if the person is doing wrong i try my best to stop him from the wrong way. what you think about my thinking . i know that i am very much old fashion in front of you but it is not the problem. i think you will reply my comment with very much intresting. please try to reply soon as you can because i am waiting for your comment eagerly. your friend khan.

i also agree with you. i love jokes when they're not hurting other people and when they make me laugh or smile. i can't stand the people who make fun of other people and will just say 'joke' after doing so. they should be sensitive enough to consider the feelings of other.

if a joke is meant to hurt or make fun of someone i absolutely do not like that. i know some jokes are just plain corny and not really funny to me. the other thing is those dirty jokes please stop it..........

Yes, invisible, a good topic! And I agree with you completely! Once I was too serious, and I seldom smile or laugh, I didn't know how to tell jokes. In that way, I also hated myself be joked. But God changed me, I really like jokes now - they're good bond between relationship and make us happier. But yes, I also find some jokes are so abscene, or somebody likes laughing at others by jokes. I still hate it. No matter what we do, I think, respect is basic. And even we jokes, we cannot hurt others.

Hi, invisiblelady. I will have to agree with you on this one! Jokes can do more harm to a persons feelings, if the joke is meant to harm someone. Not everyone can take being joked on. When the joke is mean, that is when it crosses the line. I don't like to make bad jokes on people. And I don't like people making jokes on me either.

Yeah, I love most jokes as long as they are actually, well, JOKES. It's annoying when someone calls being rude a "joke", as an excuse!

Hi Invisiblelady, I like clean, funny jokes, and I sometimes find naughty(or green) jokes entertaining too, but I don't like dirty and malicious ones, specially if they refer to certain personality. What I despise the most are the racist jokes and other off-colored jokes, touching on certain cultures, a minority group and the likes. It's good to have a laugh but not at the expense of others.

Yes, jokes that are below the belt and hurt other people. Just aren't that funny at all. It just makes me realize the joker is just being cruel to make himself feel better and the other person feel worse. I just like jokes that are funny and not directed towards others in a negative way.

I like jokes for fun, but i dont like green jokes. because im consevative type.

Yes, I Agree With You... Not All Jokes Can Be Good For You.

I definitely agree with you. It's so true that not all jokes are funny. Some are cloaked by bullying, seduction (commonly branded as flirting) or just openly being nasty. I don't know about other people, but we Christians should know where to stand. We are being warned by the Lord Jesus about our speech. Proof: Matthew 12:36 [36] "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." As jokes are usually nonsense. But it's never prohibited by the holy scriptures but rather recommended to have a merry heart. Proof: Proverbs 15:13 [13] A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. ...And joking or humor is one way to go. But it's harmless if the joke is wholesome, just to draw laughter and cheer, guided by Biblical principles or conscience.

Me too i'am so funny about jokes if i have stress i waych funny jokes and i also laught and smile..

I really hate jokes that are obviously not jokes, but people claim that they are simply so they can avoid confrontation Some jokes are funny, and I can laugh along with them, but when it's a direct insult or aimed at someone, then it's just not a laughing matter to be honest

hi there invisiblelady! I agree with you. Jokes are made to make other people laugh and happy... However jokes sometimes are also used as way of making fun of others... which is definetely not good (what we called below the belt). I believe those peple who are fond of doing it lacks attention. Jokes can be very mean depending on how a person's delivered or said it. Joker must also consider the person's personality -- is the person game enough to handle such jokes? Aren't the person sensitive?? Is he or she in the mood for such jokes? Is the topic to sensitive and whch leave no room for any jokes? Are you close enough to that person to say some jokes about certain matter?? -- I think those are the questons that need to be considered first before throwing jokes... We should be sensitive enough to others feelings.

Not to be the odd man out here, but the most powerful thing about humor is that it can also be used to influence people (which can be used in good or bad ways). But you are speaking rationally enough. My feeling is that what you really mean is that you don't like irresponsibly minded people who use humor for its worst application in communication. You say you don't like jokes (the jokes are not to blame for anything...and I would hope you could see beyond that). Don't you laugh at yourself when you do something stupid in front of your friends...and sometimes a person intends to aim a joke your way and it backfires on them - but I be you would laugh at them if it made you feel they had been put in your place. I bet you even tell jokes sometimes. Noone doesn't like jokes. Amd of somebodu hurt you or someone you cared about with a cruel joke , blame the person. Don't become a humorless and joke less person because of it. That would be the cruelest joke of all. Take a deep breath and laugh at yourself today. Its good for the soul.

I like the jokes till that time when they are not personal or they are for fun not to humiliate the other person. Jokes are the part of our life they help us to rejuvenate our self.For this I use to surf the www.santabanta.com it provide for wide variety of jokes, funny clips etc try them some time when you are free you will definitely like them.