how do you take jokes?

Singapore, Singapore
September 17, 2016 1:04am CST
Some people are more serious than others and different people have different sense of humour as well as different levels of tolerance for jokes... to what extent can you take jokes? what if someone made a joke about you but you don't catch it? Or someone made a joke about you and you took it so seriously you feel angry/tears welling up in your eyes/ unjust/ etc... share with me your experiences on good and bad jokes or about your tolerance level on jokes
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@janjaran (139)
• Bacolod, Philippines
17 Sep 16
for me it depends on the person who gives the joke if a friend jokes on me then i can tolerate it maybe but i still have limits..same with my family as well
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
17 Sep 16
Same here. Tolerating depends on the person.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
true.. imagine some insensitve stranger trying to break the ice in the wrong way....
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Sep 16
One person's joke is another person's jibe - humour is so subjective... I love the pic you have used in your post!
Ah well, it seems the joke is on me this evening, my 45th post on myLot fell foul of the last bullet-point in the Guidelines: ?Posting jokes, recipes, 'top...
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz The guidelines probably arose as events happened that needed admin interventions... It is not so bad here, common sense usually prevails.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@pgntwo thanks. that is why i am puzzled why mylot has so many guidelines.. as i newbie, i try to survive...
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@pgntwo hopefully... as i think some mylotters are pretty serious about the guidelines..
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
17 Sep 16
go into a bar where there is a sign out front that says "entertainment nightly" on sitting at the bar there are these three guys one guy is a me lotter, the other a passitby and the third guy is a drunk so...
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
17 Sep 16
is right! You are so wise @XinfulThotz serious mean that because at it turned out this is true. It is how it turned out. The passitby leaned over to the me lotter, looking at the empty stage platform and asked him, "so where is the nightly entertainment?"
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
17 Sep 16
exactly correct @XinfulThotz you are right! This is what happened. The me lotter answered pointing over with, "there". But wait there is a moral to this joke? Do you think a joke might have a moral? What is the moral I wonder.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@bluedoll all the three guys got the entertainment they wanted in their own way.. so the sign out front is right!!!
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• Preston, England
17 Sep 16
verbal jokes are alright but I hate practical jokes and hidden camera jokes such as they use on TV shows
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• Preston, England
18 Sep 16
@JudyEv I always think i'd get very violent with the hosts of such stunts if they targetted me
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@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 16
I'm with you on the hidden camera jokes. Most I don't find funny in the least. I really don't like people being made fools of.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
Wow that's jokes at a higher level. Personally have not experienced. Not sure how i would react...
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@skysnap (20153)
17 Sep 16
I take things sportively but it depends on stress. if i am too stress cant think of humor.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@skysnap true.. i think if i am stressed, i may not even catch the joke..
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz,All I can say is I love jokes if it's not hurting.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@jaishakar how about those people whom are just blunt and unintentional in making a joke out of you yet everyone finds it a joke?? this kind may hurt sometimes???
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz As an adolescent I used to be a stammerer.Some of my friends used to tease me then.It was so hurting that I can't describe.It took me years to get rid of my speech defect.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@else34 wah. that was bad and can be super hurting. glad you overcome it. they are pretty insensitive to do that. it's like it is not as though you like to stammer..
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@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 16
I know some people have a hard time picking up on jokes. I always enjoy a good joke.
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• Singapore, Singapore
18 Sep 16
@JudyEv Good jokes make our day! Stay cheerful
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
15 Nov 17
I guess it depends on the jokes. Some may be in poor taste and also depends on the mood I am in.
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
17 Sep 16
I laugh easily. I tend to laugh whether the joke is not right , bad or good. Just to make the people know that his/her jokes are funny and not to offend them.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@JustBhem it is ok to laugh easily. but what if the joke involves a personal attack? will you still laugh?
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz It will be depending on my moods. Lol.
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@JustBhem what if after you laugh the person being attacked burst into tears? will you feel bad about it???
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• United States
17 Sep 16
It depends on the joke. There are jokes that are funny without bringing others down or making fun of others. I have no tolerance for jokes that involve rape or harassing other though.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
17 Sep 16
with me it depends on how my rapport is with the person...like if my friends do it....they know me well enough....and somehow i don't feel bad if they make a joke on me...i might even laugh with them if i know they are right. But when strangers do it ...or someone who isn't on that casual terms with me...then it becomes ...irritating...i get more defensive...
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@ms1864 actually very true.. two person at the same place can make the same remark with different impact due to the relationship/bond
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
17 Sep 16
If you can't tolarate Jokes, you should not do Jokes with others. That's my theory..hehe
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
17 Sep 16
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
So true...
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@dobi_1122 (114)
• Bulgaria
17 Sep 16
I do not like to joke with me. So sometimes I do not understand the jokes that you do with me and I do not like to do. Often cases even angry at those around me.
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• Bulgaria
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz not apply to you :)
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• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
You are not referring to me right?
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