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I wonder about the psychology behind this self-belief. Thinking oneself to be cleverly witty and constantly or frequently making remarks that they think are so clever and funny. It is a remarkably lame self-belief.
What about people who tell lame jokes and if you don’t laugh they think you’re too PC and offended? No. I’m not offended. You’re just not funny. I think that’s a similar type of person. Someone who thinks they are always funny or clever so if they get a negative response they assume something is wrong with you. It’s arrogance and lack of self-awareness basically, and someone who prides themselves on their perceived wit or intelligence because that’s all they have going for themselves.
I wonder about the psychology behind this self-belief. Thinking oneself to be cleverly witty and constantly or frequently making remarks that they think are so clever and funny. It is a remarkably lame self-belief.
Perhaps there was a time when they got attention that way that is no longer applicable. Maybe from an overindulgent parent or grandparent who laughed regardless of whether what they said was actually humorous. Or maybe it's just a lack of self-awareness.
Most jokers and comedians are the babies of their families. The more dysfunctional the family the more compelled the most powerless member feels to lighten the mood by trying to get people to laugh.
I wonder about the psychology behind this self-belief. Thinking oneself to be cleverly witty and constantly or frequently making remarks that they think are so clever and funny. It is a remarkably lame self-belief.
In a professional environment, they will be handed their ___ by those far cleverer, and repeatedly. Twice as badly in an open meeting or other group. Nor will they advance much, being thought of as lightweights.
The behavior then becomes self-correcting: they deal themselves "out" or drop the pride and learn how to perform as a member of a high-performance team or organization. I've seen both, several times, in the arc of my career.
In non-professional roles, "If" pettiness, vice, idiocy, and clowning are the norm, I can't see how it would ever correct. They simply will have (very) few friends.
Sounds like an issue of perception and not psychology. I very rarely come across people who go around anointing themselves as witty. Usually people around them describe them as such and they go with it. The few people who've described themselves that way usually are. But most witty people just go around being themselves. They are too busy making everyone laugh to even think about crowning themselves. Comedy is subjective.
have know folks who seem to be pausing for a "drumroll" or applause, then keep trying again.
it's not necessary to be witty in socializing, but it may be all they know what to do at the time.
have known folks who seem to be pausing for a "drumroll" or applause, then keep trying again.
it's not necessary to be witty in socializing, but it may be all they know what to do at the time.
Similar to some CD posters who find themselves very amusing and funny (when they are not witty or funny) and let us know that they find themselves witty and funny by using the purple symbol with the big toothy grin to signal their delight with themselves in what they've said.
Many times these people are reinforced because others feel sorry for their unfunny efforts and give some weak indication that they're funny - it doesn't take much encouragement for some people.
Similar to some CD posters who find themselves very amusing and funny (when they are not witty or funny) and let us know that they find themselves witty and funny by using the purple symbol with the big toothy grin to signal their delight with themselves in what they've said.
Sounds like you're projecting. As someone who uses the "big toothy grin" quite often, I do it because I find people take things the wrong way (mostly because they are filtering my responses through their worldview) and I want to show that what I'm saying probably shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately for me, people get offended anyway...at this point because the name "treemoni" probably brings up a lot of resentment for various reasons.
I knew there was an ulterior motive here.
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