Can you take a joke?
@Lindalahughes (220)
United Kingdom
April 19, 2021 4:29am CST
If you can't laugh at yourself, then everyone will laugh at you even more. I think being able to take a joke about yourself is like a survival mechanism for the brain.
It shows you don't take yourself too seriously.
But there's one thing for some reason I just can't take a joke about and that is how clumsy I am. I am allowed to make a joke about it. But nobody else is. Not even my wife. I get really annoyed and snippy about it.
Probably because people have made fun of me for it for my whole life. People can call me fat, stupid, ugly or whatever. I don't care. But if you call me clumsy you're for it.
Can you take a joke about yourself? And is there any kind of joke that is off limits?
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@Lindalahughes (220)
• United Kingdom
19 Apr 21
Yeah, unfortunately there's always one person who takes it too far.
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
19 Apr 21
Well. I`m not so sure what makes me feel uncomfortable with jokes. I just smile when someone made a joke 
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@porwest (90876)
• United States
19 Apr 21
For the most part I can. It really does depend on the context of the joke though. Is it meant to be funny? Or is it meant to be insulting? The latter is off limits to me. Even still, I probably won't care. But the intent of the joke for me is what determines how I accept it.
@Lindalahughes (220)
• United Kingdom
19 Apr 21
That's fair. If someone's just trying to be hurtful it's not worth a reaction.
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@porwest (90876)
• United States
20 Apr 21
@Lindalahughes Nope. And I generally try to avoid being around people I don't like. lol
@mynameiskate (2574)
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20 Apr 21
Yes it does us good to laugh and not take everything too serious.
It's difficult sometimes if you don't know it was meant as a joke. Like calling some fat might be consider by many as not funny at all. What do you think?
