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Sarcastic Aspies & Humor

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Kit Hunter

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This was a question I had, since the "sense of humor" thing tends to be a mixed bag for aspies. Obviously, everyone is different so people's individual personalities when mixed with AS can yield different results as far as humor goes.

That said, how well do you handle sarcasm and humor in general?
Do any of you "get" sarcasm or use it?
Do you have a preferred type of humor, that you either use or enjoy?
If you know it, could you list your MBTI personality type as well?

For me, I understand it very well since I've grown up in a household that lives and breaths sarcasm plus dry humor. Once I've gotten to know someone and what to expect from them, I can better anticipate their use of sarcasm. However, I've noticed that I'm less capable of spotting it in strangers.

So, I do understand sarcasm and frequently use it. I think this is just because I've grown up with it thus am well acquainted with spotting sarcasm and my personality type is predisposed to being sarcastic (INTP personality).
 
Sarcasm is something which, if directed at me, may go over my head depending on my mood. Humour, however, I enjoy immensely both in giving and receiving. As for being sarcastic, yes, I can do that.

INTJ
 
That said, how well do you handle sarcasm and humor in general?
I handle it very well. I joke around a lot myself.
Do any of you "get" sarcasm or use it?
I get most sarcasm and use it regularly. The thing however is, that some people, in my opinion are terrible at applying it, not me in understanding it. Honestly; I believe if I were to say "I don't use sarcasm" it would be a perfect example of well-used sarcasm, lol
Do you have a preferred type of humor, that you either use or enjoy?
Wordplay, puns, dark (as in pitch black) humor, sarcasm... the occasional topical stuff
If you know it, could you list your MBTI personality type as well?
My MBTI is all over the place I/E N T P/J (the only thing quite conclusive with me is Intuitive; N and Thinking; T.. the rest is so "low" it's a balancing act on either side of the type)
 
Y'all have seen me post a number of times about sarcasm. I have a nominal ability to dish it out. However I have virtually no way to properly process it when it's coming in my direction. I get confused, then default to a sense of having been insulted.

About the best I can do for myself is to refrain from being sarcastic when and where possible. Not a solution, but it's about all I can do. Expecting people not to be sarcastic just isn't a real option socially.

Though I do like discussing it from a standpoint of being on the spectrum. It's something very tangible to me that I can explain without a lot of difficulty. And I don't think it really constrains me from having a sense of humor in general.

ISTJ

Introvert(100%) Sensing(12%) Thinking(50%) Judging(67%)

You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (100%)
You have slight preference of Sensing over Intuition (12%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (50%)
You have distinctive preference of Judging over Perceiving (67%)
 
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I never had any issue with sarcasm and used to use it quite a bit. My only real interactions tended to focus around jokes etc. I now realise I tended to take it too far and only a select few could tolerate it. I've pretty much tried to stop and rarely interact at all as a result.
 
I get it. It's just another mode of communication. My favourite type of humour is the type that makes light of something extremely serious in a way that makes it seem less dangerous – I didn't really have a choice in the matter. In terms of processing, the main marker is usually in the tone of voice. I've made the mistake of laughing at comments I was convinced were ridiculous on purpose before, and it does not end well.

I'm INTJ, so far as I am aware.
 
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We use "gentle" sarcasm with our kids a lot so they can get used to it in a safe environment, knowing they'll need to be able to question everything people say in the real world--I don't want them to be naive or gullible. But I'm really bad at picking up on it myself if it's not someone I know well.

I end up just avoiding humor as much as I can. My sense of humor doesn't make sense to most people, and theirs doesn't make sense to me...or if it does, it's not funny to me. And lately I've been working through a round of depression and just don't feel like laughing at all.

My MBTI...I usually test as INTJ, but the INTP description fits me so much better. The "J" portion is consistently my lowest score, and all the reading I've done about the differences between the J and the P, I definitely lean towards a P type. I guess I'm just reading the J/P questions wrong...I feel like I don't interpret many of the personality test questions in the way the test-makers intended.
 
Mmm I have my moments of not being sure and moments of catching on fast. I have had PLENTY of practise due to having a very dry sense of humor and subtle sarcastic nt husband. Even then, I can miss it, but not much these days.

I can be pretty sarcastic myself actually and often get NT's not being sure.

I tend to be quite good at dry humor myself and like those best, despite not always catching on, but what I tend to say is: are you teasing me?

As I say, I have learned from my husband. Being on here as got me looking at how I used to be and I was dreadful and thus, ones liked to tease me and I would not be able to handle it and would not want to be around that person often.

What is fun is when my husband uses his dry humor on others and they completely miss the joke (nts) and I don't and we exchange looks and quietly smile, but I always say he is joking, because I don't like that being done to me.
 
I understand and use sarcasm (although sparingly now as an adult). As I think back about it, there were probably times when sarcasm was aimed at me and I wasn't aware, just played along.

I enjoy most forms of humor, from dry witticism to madcap silliness. And like IrishAspie, humor is my main form of communication and interaction with people I don't know well.

INTP last I checked.
 
I've understood sarcasm quite well for most of my life, I think its partially due to watching a lot of British comedies as a child that are often heavy in sarcasm and double meanings though I rarely use them myself and find too much sarcastic talk annoying. Sometimes I will miss the fact that a comment was sarcasm and I sometimes find myself pondering what someone means by what they said. My own sense of humor tends to be based around wordplay and the surreal/sense of the ridiculous but I very rarely like parody
 
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I not only understand a good joke when I hear one, but I am quite good at making my own.
I even make random funny noises when I'm playing me video games. :P
 
That said, how well do you handle sarcasm and humor in general?
I suppose I handle sarcasm and humor alright, I'm better with sarcasm than I am with humor.

Do any of you "get" sarcasm or use it?
I understand sarcasm, and I sometimes use it.

Do you have a preferred type of humor, that you either use or enjoy?
Hm, dark humor, I suppose, or humor that makes light of serious things.

If you know it, could you list your MBTI personality type as well?
ISTJ
 
That said, how well do you handle sarcasm and humor in general?
Pretty well as long as I recognize it, and I usually do, except when people say something looking and sounding completely serious and then say they were joking. I don't understand that.
Do any of you "get" sarcasm or use it?
All the time. :P Just the other day I was visiting my dad, who's currently in the hospital, and it was kind of boring so Mom suggested we watch TV, saying, "We haven't watched TV since this morning." I started joking about it, saying, "Man, that's such a long time to go without watching TV. I always have to watch TV like every 20 minutes." I made her laugh really hard. This happens a lot.
Do you have a preferred type of humor, that you either use or enjoy?
Sarcasm is one, of course. I also like quoting funny videos, especially YouTube Poops, if that counts. If I hear someone say something that reminds me of a YTP or an episode of some show (Spongebob is a favorite) I'll quote it. Sometimes I also make puns, though not as often as my brother does.
If you know it, could you list your MBTI personality type as well?
I don't know it. I've taken those quizzes but I hardly ever remember the results.
 
That said, how well do you handle sarcasm and humor in general?

It depends on the sarcasm. I reached the point at about age 16 where I just assumed that no one was being sincere to me.

Do any of you "get" sarcasm or use it?

Much too well. I use it but less than I used to.

Do you have a preferred type of humor, that you either use or enjoy?

I enjoy puns, but don't use them as much as I used to.

If you know it, could you list your MBTI personality type as well?

INTP
 
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