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Do people have trouble telling if you're serious or not?

As someone who is serious 95% of the time, I think when I do attempt a joke, people take it seriously and it backfires.

There's also the small problem of me just not being funny. 😩
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I joke 95% of the time and people always think I'm serious. 🙄 (I'm being serious here)
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Yes. I'm rarely serious, but my sweet looks stumps people.
Byron8by7 · M
I am often sarcastic. I have found that sarcasm does not translate well online. Offline, people sometimes don't get my sarcasm either, but those who know me get it.
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@Overwatch6 😅😅😅😅
You need a big cheeseburger, big brother. 😅😅
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@Overwatch6 me three..I now eat them without the bun..😋
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Online, because people can't see your facial expressions, etc. that's why I use emoji's and lol a lot.
summersong · F
Same. I’m not sure if it’s that my sense of humor is off-kilter or if it’s just that I don’t joke much.
Online especially - even if you precede and follow a joke with **jk** and a wink emoji, nobody will notice it, will think you are serious, and lock you in the stocks while they throw rotten stuff at you.
@Mamapolo2016 I thought - JK was John Kennedy reference
Maybe I'm mistaken. Could mean "Jump, Kermit,"'too. @MarmeeMarch
@Mamapolo2016 that will work in all cases!!
Imsleepy · 31-35
They assume that I am always serious.
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I've been told that. I'm serious a lot of the time and my sense of humor is pretty dry. I'm sure you're funny.
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I’m the opposite, if I say I’m serious people think something has gone wrong lol
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@SW-User I have a friend like that. She is so often not serious that when she is I start laughing and then say "oh...you were being serious". 😐️
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You probably are funny. It's just hard to tell online sometimes.
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@SW-User That's what I'd prefer to think 😅

I have a quick wit with some people, like my best friend. But with others I think my shyness just prevents me from really being humorous.
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@SW-User well, I think you're cool. Sometimes people don't get wit. The big dummies 😅😅😅
Stud1977 · 46-50, M
people are sometimes to serious and cannot have fun
Stupid ones do.
Viper · M
I can be very similar, serious almost all the time, then when you make a joke people don't realize you are kidding...

Though I've also had problems with people not taking my serious comments seriously...
Yes, all the time. I think it happens more with acquaintances than my friends. Acquaintances think I'm serious all the time, friends know I'm never serious.
Yes, for similar reasons, and the fact that my sense of humor is dry, my delivery rather deadpan and sarcastic. It definitely doesn’t always translate online. 😏
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@bijouxbroussard Yes, that describes my sense of humor as well. I also tend to be more humorous with outgoing people who have a great sense of humor. With other serious quiet people we tend to just stare at each other awkwardly.
DDonde · 31-35, M
Yeah, I struggle with this sometimes.

 
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