I keep hearing about how you shouldn’t laugh over your own jokes but when I watch a video or listen to a podcast, I find it much more authentic and likable when they laugh over their own jokes in a conversation. You know, vibes.

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    People who say you shouldn’t laugh at your own jokes are either sad, sad people or have never told a funny joke or story ever.

    There’s jokes and stories I’ve been saying for 20 years that still make me laugh as I’m saying it.

    Be a man, laugh at your own jokes.

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      Laughing sounds like one of them “emotions” that aren’t sposed to exist for real manly men, so says the teevee

      /- Cleetus

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    I probably said the joke because I thought it was funny and so it’s really difficult not to laugh and I don’t care what anyone thinks because I’m an idiot

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    It depends on why they’re laughing for me. Lots of terribly unfunny people essentially provide their own real time laugh track to signal “This is the funny part, laugh please,” which gets old real quick. They also tend to laugh incredibly hard at their own jokes, far more than is merited by the actual joke. Unfunny people trying to force a joke like that get old fast.

    On the other hand, I don’t take issue with having a bit of a laugh with everyone else when you land a good one. On rare occasion, there are even jokes that wind up funnier because they’re just so hilarious that the person telling them can hardly get them out without busting up themselves.

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    As long as they’re not obnoxiously loud and saying something that’s actually funny, I think it’s completely normal. People usually say funny things that they find funny so it would be natural for them to laugh a little.

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      I have a guy at my work who does this, he half shouts some unfunny thing like “Are you watching porn on your computer?” Then laughs really loudly while everyone else is silent.

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    It depends on the joke: most are funny regardless, but for some jokes a straight/deadpan delivery is part of the humor.

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    You’re telling the joke because you find it funny, it’s so fucking weird that people seem to not understand that.

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    If someone is about to tell me a joke and start laughing mid first sentence it’s a sign that is either going to be very good or so bad it will become good.

    Let them laugh!

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      This right here is the best answer in my opinion. Regardless of the story, the teller is just so into it that they can’t stop laughing. You’re probably going to end up laughing with them.

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    I am indifferent to it because i think it is just logical that people laugh about their own jokes. They have a thought that makes them laugh so they want to share it.

    Why should I share a joke that doesn’t make me laught?

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    I think this is more of a truism within standup comedy that’s leaked out into being general advice. It can be offputting for a standup comedian to laugh at all their own jokes but even then there’s exceptions to the rule.

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    My coworker has that kind of sense of humor where he always says the obvious joke you’re hoping nobody will make. Then he laughs, and for some reason, everyone else does.

    Also, whenever he helps someone and they thank him, he says, “That will be 10 dollars,” and then laughs about his joke.

    The reason i hate it is this: He’s a lazy, quiet-quitting asshole who everyone likes. I, on the other hand, work my butt off. I appreciate a witty, clever sense of humor. However, I’m socially awkward, so nobody likes me!

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        Doing the least amount possible to keep a job puts pressure on coworkers to take up the slack. I work in an ER, not an office. When someone is in the bathroom texting, more than they are out on the floor helping its shitty, yes.

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    OK with laughing over your own joke, but if you burst out and are not even able to finish uttering it, then I think this is a bit childish.

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    I like it a lot when professional actors lose it once in awhile, it really adds a lot. I do end up disliking it when they do it too often, like it’s part of their shtick. There was a dude on SNL for awhile who always cracked up and i hated him. It’s gotta feel authentic to me.

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      I’m the opposite, love dead pan humor though so could be why. Once they start cracking up I’m out of watching SNL. The only times I think it’s funny is like “who’s line is it anyways” where it’s not a scripted scene. SNL tries to do that with prosthetics but it’s such a shtick that you can tell the people are laughing because they’re supposed to.

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        oh I was thinking Pete Davidson (funnily enough I had to search “druggie snl celeb” for his name and he popped up lol)