Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello I was just wondering if anyone else has had problems with getting certain jokes I get most of the jokes I hear but quite often someone will say something as a joke and I’ll be the only person that didn’t get it.
anyone else have this problem?
Definitely I always copied my favourite characters from movies and t.v it’s how I got through school.
That is how we develop the skill of masking
Yeah I think I learned most of my communication watching movies and tv.
Hello Zoe yeah taking things to literal I’m trying to get better on it. I make people laugh when I’m not trying to.
there is much research in this area even trying to teach youg autistic children about jokes and comedy in general so see if that improves their communication skills.
I tend to take people literally so often can't tell that they are joking. Personally I love a pun but I think most of my attempts to be funny don't go very far.
Hi Daithi I do the same thing with tv shows I watch the same ones over and over my family didn’t know how I didn’t get bored of it. I love comedy as well shows like friends it’s hard to describe at work in February I went into the office and the manager said where’s my flowers I said we don’t get them in until Friday then everyone in the office started laughing and another manager said I don’t think he got it. Of course the next day I realised she was joking about Valentine’s Day.
Hi Simon I know they say people with asd struggle with comedy and jokes but this is dependant on every single person. I love comedy so much so I will rewatch a series up to 100 times and still find it funny. Just finished watching emrican office again it is perfect for practising the art of learning human interactions, sudelty and direct and indirect humour