Do you believe that jokes are half meant?
By mayrah
@mayrah (1144)
United States
November 24, 2010 10:53pm CST
Do you know that people who jokes a lot usually used to joke to cover up what they really feel inside. They are the people who have emptiness inside. My friend once tell me that jokes are half meant. Well she have a point, If you are someone who can't frankly speak of what you really it would be nicer to put your words into a joke. Then it's up to them how to perceive the real meaning of it. It depends on them if they will take it a literal way or not, in a serious way or just a mere joke. How about you ? How do you perceived a joke? Do you always believe that it's half meant? Why?
11 responses
@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
6 Dec 10
yes, jokes are half meant. but for me they are truths that cannot be said seriously. i know. this is where i build my jokes from. how about you?
@gracielle (346)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
I think it is so, others don't have the courage to say things personally so they try to say it in a joke way. Especially when it's about negative things like if you look horrible, your friend will say where in the world have you been?then laugh! you know things like that. I think people who jokes a lot are nice persons, but except for those stand up comedians that jokes negative things about you to earn a living..
It's very funny though it's very disrespectful..Joke with respect.. =)
@preppydezza (309)
• Philippines
26 Nov 10
Some jokes are half meant, I believe. But you see, not all are. For example, you are having fun with your friends and you throw an old joke, it does not mean that there is something fishy going on. Its just for laughs. Some people do somehow use jokes to project that they are happy and complete. It does not mean that they are empty inside but there are spaces that are not filled up yet or they just have problems they need to solve. Maybe for these people, throwing jokes is a catharsis and a way to cope stress. ;)
@back2guw (128)
• India
6 Dec 10
yaa sometimes they are..sometimes jokes are meant to change the atmosphere too..i joke a lot..but i didn't know that i am throwing my inner feelings outside as a joke..i do it coz i like to be in a fun filled environment and i usually make fun of myself,rather than commenting or making fun of others,coz i don't know what the other person may feel unknowing he/she may take the joke positively or negatively..
@hanni711 (243)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
I always have second thoughts on jokes because whatever comes out of our mouth comes from our heart.It also depends on the person who deliver the joke especially if the person is really close to us. There must be right timing for jokes because at times people misunderstood it.I believe that jokes are half meant because they cannot say it directly to the person that's why they turned it into jokes.
@pinoyexcellent (47)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
Yes.
Sometimes.
Jokes are half-true.
Sometimes.
They are really true!
It is a strategy indeed by some people.
For you to think that they are only joking.
But the true is.
They are confessing.
Delivering it in a form of a joke!!!
Cheers! You have learned something from me.
@ansi09 (151)
• Tunisia
25 Nov 10
It depends on the person telling you the joke, that's what i believe, my best friends can say jokes about me, i'll never get upset of them, coz i know they don't mean something else. But those who think themselves as " friends ", hell yeah they mean something else by using those stupid jokes.
something else, timing is crucial when saying jokes, even for my best riends, that's just me, an innocent joke from a best can turn into critical argue when it said in a bad timing.
@Kyozin (13)
• Indonesia
25 Nov 10
not really i think . jokes is really useful for me . it's can reduce stress . some people says that laugh can make you get a long life cos it's healthy lol . but sometimes if someone try to do jokes a lot hardly it can be annoying and not make funny.
sorry for bad english ^^
