when people don't get your jokes :/
By thatgirl13
@thatgirl13 (7294)
South Korea
October 7, 2011 11:13am CST
This has happened to me quite a few times and they sure were included in the awkward moments of my life! 
The last time this happened was when me and a friend threw a really witty line to this other friend. But then she thought we had something more to say and so she kept saying "And? And?" Wow that was really not what we wanted to hear!! We all just stood in silence for a while then 
But anyway I have to add, my sis understands me so well, she gets even the lamest joke I throw at her. And I get all of her jokes too! 
We have a lot of inside jokes as well, that people may not find a bit funny but to us, they are funny as hell.
So how do you react when people don't get your jokes? And is there anyone who understands all of your jokes? Even the very bad/lame ones? :P
The last time this happened was when me and a friend threw a really witty line to this other friend. But then she thought we had something more to say and so she kept saying "And? And?" Wow that was really not what we wanted to hear!! We all just stood in silence for a while then
But anyway I have to add, my sis understands me so well, she gets even the lamest joke I throw at her. And I get all of her jokes too! We have a lot of inside jokes as well, that people may not find a bit funny but to us, they are funny as hell.
So how do you react when people don't get your jokes? And is there anyone who understands all of your jokes? Even the very bad/lame ones? :P4 people like this
17 responses
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
7 Oct 11
I have one friend who doesn't understand my jokes. It is kind of awkward when I say something ironic or joke about something and she just doesn't understand what I mean. In my family we joke a lot, my brother, my father and I have a special way of talking to eachother. We say a lot of things that we don't mean and we use a lot of irony. Sometimes it sounds like we are insulting eachother, and new friends who visit my home for the first time often get shocked when they hear the things that we say 
But I never take those things personally, because the comments are just inside jokes.
But I never take those things personally, because the comments are just inside jokes.2 people like this
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Hey I think I understand you, I have the same relationship with my sister too. We do that all the time and may look kinda rude to the onlookers. Anyway that is how just we are and we know they are just jokes and nothing personal.
Thanks a lot for the response
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Oct 11
hi thatgirl13 I am not a great joke teller so if someone does
not understand my joke, I just walk off feeling bad that I could not make them get my jokes. why stay and humiliate yourself any further.awkard yes but stay,no way.Very few people do get my jokes as they are not the pratfall ha ha type jokes bu t ones in which you have to actually have the brains to think when you hear them.and I will not explain again but will walk off instead. why be humiliated for no good reason. so I am then gone. 
[em]angr
[em]angr2 people like this
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Hehe thanks a lot for the response. I really hate when people tell me to repeat my jokes too. If it wasn't funny the first time, it will only get worst the second time so I just try hard to change the topic then and feel humiliated too 
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@Anne18 (11029)
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7 Oct 11
I don't tell people jokes for two reasons, one I can't ever remember a whole joke and if I can get the joke over in my own way people just don't get it so I have now given up.
I do like to hear other people tell jokes, sometimes I wish I could remeber jokes to retell, but if I really wanted to I suppose I would try harder so it just can't be that important to me.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
I sometimes narrate a joke and completely forget how it ends so it gets really sad and not funny at all. Sometimes when someone asks me to tell a joke, I totally blank out 
Haha oh well!
Thanks for the response :)
Haha oh well!
Thanks for the response :)1 person likes this
@ckciasigurl (2081)
• Italy
8 Oct 11
hi thatgirl13 maybe because some people are not the same people doesn't have a personality ,
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@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Yeah I think that's because we don't share the same sense of humour. Thanks for the response
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@ronadelle (1547)
• Philippines
10 Oct 11
Actually, I usually lose appetite telling jokes when my friends don't get it! LOL! But most of the time, I'm good with telling jokes. Honestly, I'm the one who's not getting what other people jokes about. It's not that I don't get it just that I react so slow! That I get the teases first before I laugh on the joke. LOL! Turns out that my slowness is more laughable than the joke!
Turns out that my slowness is more laughable than the joke!2 people like this
@april_dawn (35)
• Philippines
8 Oct 11
This happened to me too.It is really awkward when people don't get your joke..duh!It seems like their minds are slowly loading,but the funny part is,I laugh hard at those people who acts this way..lol =D
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
LOL really? I just don't know what to do and I just try to change the subject. Or I keep silence 
Thanks for the share 
Thanks for the share 1 person likes this
@lampar (7584)
• United States
7 Oct 11
I may have think that my joke probably is not that funny like i want to believe when people don't get it; or may be I should have phrase it in a different way next time. My brother and sister and also a few closest buddies understand majority of my jokes if not all of them most of the time. I am really sad about that they don't get it all the time whenever i utter 'nonsense' right in front of them 
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
I get sad when people don't get my jokes too, especially when I think they are really good. But I have come to realise one thing, that is, the best joke I have ever heard, I will never get the same reaction from others. And/or I won't be able to present it that good LOL but sad haha!
Anyway thanks for the response
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
11 Oct 11
That has happened to me quite a lot. I am very sarcastic at times and sometimes people think I am serious. I try to explain that I was kidding, but sometimes there is nothing to explain and there is just an uncomfortable silence.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
7 Oct 11
I feel awkward when it happens and immediately try and change the subject. I figure if I stay silent then the others will join in and mock.
Sadly not everyone is polite to simply stay silent when and if a joke is not understood so we just simply try to shrug it off and hope that if they are real friends they not hurt our feelings. @thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Oh yes I really hate it when someone mocks me for days and days about the same failed joke 
But I know if they are my friends, they surely will do that So I just try to take it in a positive way and do the same to them haha 
Thanks a lot for the response **hugs**
But I know if they are my friends, they surely will do that So I just try to take it in a positive way and do the same to them haha
Thanks a lot for the response **hugs**1 person likes this
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
11 Oct 11
That happens to all of us at some point. I know that when I say a joke that nobody knows, it's usually an inside joke that only me and maybe one other person know. And it does come out sounding all wrong. But at least we got some amusement from it.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
7 Oct 11
hello friend, I think it's simply because some people have different sense of humor, well if it's a witty or intelligent joke, remember, aptitude and I.Q. differ from person to person as well as reaction time . Sometimes it's also how the punch line is delivered by the joker
. Sometimes it's also how the punch line is delivered by the joker @thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Hehe thanks a lot for the response. i would say she is as witty too but i think we don't share the same kind of sense of humour
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@sanofer (525)
• India
7 Oct 11
we will be in an awkward situation ,when someone dont understand our joke. Sometimes it happened with of also that i won understand some joke. It doesnt meant that people who dont understand joke are not intelligent. May be we are not good joke teller or sometimes we feel something as joke and the other party will take that as serious one .this is due to varying IQ levels among humans.
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@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
10 Oct 11
Oh my yes, I really hate it when people take my joke in a serious tone. I think it just makes things worse. I have been in some situations where people took my joke as a serious thing and got offended :(
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
17 Oct 11
I'm really good at funny comebacks and amusing one liners but the community where I live is populated for the most part with people of, shall we say, limited education and intelligence...I get either a blank look or I'm ignored. It is embarrassing so I communicate with them only on a basic level and as little as possible.
On the other hand, the organisation where I volunteer and am on the committee, totally get my humour and we have lots of chuckles. I love to laugh and to make others laugh so I find it a bit of a downer when people don't get my jokes.
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
15 Mar 12
I really hate people who don't easily get my jokes. t irks me a lot when they don;'t easily get what I'm pointing out. It really pissed me off! :)
