[Epimer]

approved. But it always sounds so good in your head somehow, I wish I had a USB 3.0 i could directly plug to their head and explain the joke

I don't get why that's funny.

[Bast]

I'm terrible about this. Everything always sounds so great and easy to understand in my head, but when I go and try to explain it to someone else it's awful. Either I trip over my words and have these long awkward pauses where I try to figure out how to explain something, or I just ramble and talk in circles. I'm always concerned that it makes me seem stupid to people :(

I'm much better with written communication because I can sit and think for as long as I want and make sure it comes out right.

[23424234]

The less time I socialize the worse I am at this, but the more I socialize the less happy I am. So I guess get used to being awkward? I'm not sure I will ever fit into society. What hurts the most is that I know my NF friends still think I am close minded in my thinking. It's not my fault no one else thinks like me, my thinking is all I have, just let me have this one thing that I can call good, please!

[infinitewisdom]

It's really annoying when you tell someone a joke and then you have to spend 20 minutes trying to explain/educate them as to why the joke was just so funny. But they just stand there and give you that wtf are you talking about look and ask "are you on drugs?" (not in a joking manor).

I seem to have extreme difficulty in expressing my thoughts and ideas in a way that makes sense to the outside world, especially in verbal communication.

I agree a joke loses effectiveness after having to explain a joke before they get it or twenty minutes later they light bulb goes off "oh I get it".

Example a coworker teased me about my tan. The office laughs. I countered by teasing him about his anemia (low redblood cell production making one appear pastey pale) blank stares. One person laughs and another asks "whats anemia?" I explain, then get one more chuckle.

[DeSota]

I agree a joke loses effectiveness after having to explain a joke before they get it or twenty minutes later they light bulb goes off "oh I get it".

Example a coworker teased me about my tan. The office laughs. I countered by teasing him about his anemia (low redblood cell production making one appear pastey pale) blank stares. One person laughs and another asks "whats anemia?" I explain, then get one more chuckle.

What would have been funny is if he had actually had anemia. Well...funny in that you'd then be the office monster.

[infinitewisdom]

What would have been funny is if he had actually had anemia. Well...funny in that you'd then be the office monster.

I guess it was a you had to be there moment. I omitted the fact he's racist and the office estp bully so I wouldnt come across sounding like a whining victim. The humor was those awkward moments intp's encounter when we tell jokes.

[MissJordan]

I wish that life was like a sitcom...you could make a joke or witty comment and know that it's funny and the laugh track would play in your head and everyone would just get on with it, without asking you to explain it, ruining your feeling of having made a clean, tidy funny.

...I stumble over words and mumble the rest in real life....

[Gentlemen]

I'm stumble with my jokes usually. But people either have two reactions to my jokes: Disgust or confusion. Dead baby jokes, Hellen Keller jokes, and holocaust jokes aren't seen as funny to most people. Then I say jokes that go way over people's heads, and then I have to explain.