Jokes are Half-meant

I agree, that they are half meant, and sometimes we use them to say what we really wanna say cause the person we say them to doesn't actually have a sense of humor. Pretty ironic huh? Then again I remember joking around like that and the person with no sense of humor getting mad, too. LOL.

a joke has to be a bit true to be funny, which is why you have to be careful who you make jokes about, and how. but that's not necessarily the same as half meant. jokes that attack the powerful are therefore better than jokes that attack the powerless, when its just bullying. I sometimes make jokes that aren't meant at all, but are just a recognition of a possible absurd alternative outcome. sometimes I make half meant jokes, and other times I don't. but I would argue that there always has to be a tiny little bit of truth to them. I just made a joke somewhere that our prime minister in the uk is our version of sarah palin, because he had again said something a bit stupid, but of course it wouldn't work as a joke if he didn't ever say anything daft, then it wouldn't be funny. so i would say that it is the little bit of truth in a joke that makes it funny, which is very similar, but not exactly the same, as half meant.

I believe a lot of jokes can be, I think a lot of people use jokoes as a form of safe sarcasm, I don't think a lot of people realize how hurtful some jokes are.

Hi there cearn25! This is so true. I use this technique to tell people something i think about them but i don't want them to get offended. So, don't just disregard jokes, sometimes you have to think why your friend or someone joked like that. Most of the times I used this to people I don't like. I'm this kind of person who's serious and focus on my work. If there is someone who is so naughty and so childish that it's not funny at all, I would say "I think you accidentally ate mosquito eggs this breakfast, you're so hyper!, I think you need some mosquito repellant" or something like that lol..

This is very true that some joke are half meant. Some people use this as tactic to directly tell what they have in mind to gather some direct ideas rather than confidently saying in serious form. SOme are intend to express their feelings in a way much nicer or been interpreted or misinterpreted in some sense. Some use this to cover some of their insecurities by diverting their feelings in form of jokes that would not be of greater bearing in any personality topics concerned. Some also use this, to give comfort and release of tensions so that it would be a better communication for both, in community or even in family do happens this jokes that are half-meant.

Yes. I believe that some jokes are half meant. Jokes are one way of saying things, so that we cannot directly hurt other people, especially when it is their faults we are noticing.