Monachopia
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Do you have a sense of humour? If you do, do you think you LEARNED it and why, or is it something more innate - i.e. natural sense of timing and punchline?
I guess, the reason I ask is, that, my father has always been a humorous man, he retains and tells jokes a lot, but it's more trigger based, so when an event happens it triggers a memory for that particular type of joke or punchline. I suspect he's on the spectrum, but he's never been diagnosed and neither will he ever do so.
I, on the other hand, cannot for the life of me retain stories or retell them, however, I do think I'm quite funny situationally - I can see a funny side to most things and say something at that moment and people do find it funny. But, I learned it as a coping mechanism and to fit in. I can't always deliver them well, as apparently my voice is flat (even though I don't hear it as flat?), so sarcasm doesn't carry over well. All my life I've been accused of being too serious, so it might have been a fight against that perception.
So, in a sense, do you think for Aspies is it a learnt behaviour to cope with the world? Or is it something that just happened because they were naturally drawn to see the funny side of things? Does one need a 'funny' gene (if there is such a thing) to even develop this?
Also - is there a perception that Aspies CAN'T be funny or don't get jokes?
Sorry if this post didn't make much sense, in made more sense in my head before I wrote it...
I guess, the reason I ask is, that, my father has always been a humorous man, he retains and tells jokes a lot, but it's more trigger based, so when an event happens it triggers a memory for that particular type of joke or punchline. I suspect he's on the spectrum, but he's never been diagnosed and neither will he ever do so.
I, on the other hand, cannot for the life of me retain stories or retell them, however, I do think I'm quite funny situationally - I can see a funny side to most things and say something at that moment and people do find it funny. But, I learned it as a coping mechanism and to fit in. I can't always deliver them well, as apparently my voice is flat (even though I don't hear it as flat?), so sarcasm doesn't carry over well. All my life I've been accused of being too serious, so it might have been a fight against that perception.
So, in a sense, do you think for Aspies is it a learnt behaviour to cope with the world? Or is it something that just happened because they were naturally drawn to see the funny side of things? Does one need a 'funny' gene (if there is such a thing) to even develop this?
Also - is there a perception that Aspies CAN'T be funny or don't get jokes?
Sorry if this post didn't make much sense, in made more sense in my head before I wrote it...