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People who say you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes are either sad, sad people or have never told a funny joke or story ever.
There's jokes and stories I've been saying for 20 years that still make me laugh as I'm saying it.
Be a man, laugh at your own jokes.
Followed your advice, now my husband complains I'm not the woman he married anymore.
Laughing sounds like one of them "emotions" that aren't sposed to exist for real manly men, so says the teevee
/- Cleetus
Oh, laugh if you feel like laughing!
Life is too short to worry about what should be done in which vibe.
As long as they're not obnoxiously loud and saying something that's actually funny, I think it's completely normal. People usually say funny things that they find funny so it would be natural for them to laugh a little.
If someone is about to tell me a joke and start laughing mid first sentence it's a sign that is either going to be very good or so bad it will become good.
Let them laugh!
This right here is the best answer in my opinion. Regardless of the story, the teller is just so into it that they canβt stop laughing. Youβre probably going to end up laughing with them.
It depends on the joke: most are funny regardless, but for some jokes a straight/deadpan delivery is part of the humor.
You're telling the joke because you find it funny, it's so fucking weird that people seem to not understand that.
Truly weird how laughing over your own joke has become known as a symptom for sociopathy.
I think this is more of a truism within standup comedy thatβs leaked out into being general advice. It can be offputting for a standup comedian to laugh at all their own jokes but even then thereβs exceptions to the rule.
I am indifferent to it because i think it is just logical that people laugh about their own jokes. They have a thought that makes them laugh so they want to share it.
Why should I share a joke that doesn't make me laught?
I like it a lot when professional actors lose it once in awhile, it really adds a lot. I do end up disliking it when they do it too often, like it's part of their shtick. There was a dude on SNL for awhile who always cracked up and i hated him. It's gotta feel authentic to me.
I probably said the joke because I thought it was funny and so it's really difficult not to laugh and I don't care what anyone thinks because I'm an idiot
It depends on why they're laughing for me. Lots of terribly unfunny people essentially provide their own real time laugh track to signal "This is the funny part, laugh please," which gets old real quick. They also tend to laugh incredibly hard at their own jokes, far more than is merited by the actual joke. Unfunny people trying to force a joke like that get old fast.
On the other hand, I don't take issue with having a bit of a laugh with everyone else when you land a good one. On rare occasion, there are even jokes that wind up funnier because they're just so hilarious that the person telling them can hardly get them out without busting up themselves.
I feel like "don't laugh at your own jokes" is a piece of ancient wisdom from the entertainment industry.
Like, if you're a performer and you're laughing so hard that you can't get the punchline out, then it prevents people from actually hearing the joke.
When you consider that performers in traditional media have a limited time slot to work in, then taking a break to laugh could be considered a waste or unprofessional.
I don't think that long-format content has the same problem. If you're making an online video or a podcast then you're not limited by time. Authenticity is more important than fitting into a five minute set
Laughing is bourgeois. I believe in the communal sensible chuckle.
If it takes them several attempts to tell me something and they're laughing all the way through it, I assume it's going to be bad or underwhelming.
I've personally heard some of the best ones were when someone keeps themselves steadied enough to tell what a funny story is or what a joke is but then break into laughter towards the end. Just enough to finish the bit.
OK with laughing over your own joke, but if you burst out and are not even able to finish uttering it, then I think this is a bit childish.
I think I depends on the laugh for me. Like I don't mind a haha this is a joke kind of laugh. But a haha omg I am the funniest person alive type of laugh would be met with some ridicule.
Hard to I explain the difference in text, but hopefully you get the gist!
If you don't laugh at your own joke, then it's probably not funny.
I used to have a college professor who would always laugh at his own jokes. Always. His class only laughed maybe half the time. I didn't mind much because he was a cool guy in general.
Humor is difficult.
It's tough when it's actually a bad joke or they are telling it badly, but they find it funny.
If it's a genuinely funny situation / retelling, both of you laughing about the same thing and also about how the person in question is struggling to breathe because they have to laugh so much, that's funny.
But it really really really depends.
My coworker has that kind of sense of humor where he always says the obvious joke you're hoping nobody will make. Then he laughs, and for some reason, everyone else does.
Also, whenever he helps someone and they thank him, he says, "That will be 10 dollars," and then laughs about his joke.
The reason i hate it is this: He's a lazy, quiet-quitting asshole who everyone likes. I, on the other hand, work my butt off. I appreciate a witty, clever sense of humor. However, I'm socially awkward, so nobody likes me!
Did we change what quiet quitting means again? Doing his job and nothing more is a bad thing now?
Doing the least amount possible to keep a job puts pressure on coworkers to take up the slack. I work in an ER, not an office. When someone is in the bathroom texting, more than they are out on the floor helping its shitty, yes.
Being a liability isn't what I would consider most people's definition of quiet quitting, especially in that sort of environment.
"You're really cracking yourself up aren't you?"
Not laughing at your own joke is only a requirement for dry humour. I guess some people only like dry humour so they generalise this but most people like all kinds of jokes
Meh, matrix brainwashing. Be yourself.
If even I don't laugh at my own jokes, why would anyone else laugh at them? The worse the joke, the more I laugh
I laugh at my own jokes because I'm hilarious
Sometimes I laugh on purpose to indicate that I'm joking.
I hate when people laugh at my jokes, let alone someone laughs at their own. Laughter is such a horrible noise.
Laughter is also highly contagious, so you better watch out. There have been reports of entire office floors and classrooms succumbing to uncontrollable fits of giggles, causing productivity rates to plummet. In some cases, the laughter epidemic has spread across neighborhoods, turning typically stoic morning commutes into a cacophony of chuckles and snorts. Health authorities are advising to limit exposure to particularly humorous individuals and to steer clear of gatherings where a particularly irrisponsible individual stands on stage aiming to infect everyone in the audience with a severe case of laughter.
Maybe for some but Iβve never laughed due to others laughing. I canβt recall the last time I laughed recently. I tend to avoid it because itβs such an uncomfortable feeling. Like youβve got hiccups and coughing at the same time. Itβs easy to avoid though because itβs not my reaction to things others laugh at.
The first time I thought you were joking, now I am not sure anymore if you could be a really sad person instead.
Sounds truly exceptional. Other people donβt consider it uncomfortable at all.
Iβm aware
Have you considered making an AMA? There are so many questions already brewing.
Whoever says to not laugh about their own jokes has never seen el Risitas. RIP.
Most times I can tell if the laughter is fake or not, and I happened to be in situations when I can't contain myself to tell the story straigh without laughing my ass off. It depends.