Published on 12, July, 2020
Apparently, autistic people don’t understand sarcasm. This is of course absolutely true except for the fact that it isn’t. I've posted a *very* short video about this on my Autistic Not Alien channel on YouTube.
I'd be interested to know your thoughts on sarcasm.
Your video made me laugh, but unsurprisingly, took me until the end of the video to realise it was a joke. Very well done though!
Personally, I do struggle with jokes and the meaning of jokes, but can enjoy comedy and some forms of sarcasm. I am often the last to get a joke (again, not unsurprisingly!!), but I do try and laugh when I think people are trying to be funny. Although it doesn’t always work, such as when I laughed during a funeral when someone was doing their speech, but then got some odd looks when no one else was laughing. Apparently what they said wasn’t meant to be funny.
anyway, enjoyed your video about your assessment too. I really liked the words from Vicky Bliss, never seen that before and think it’s a perfect way to explain autism.
Glad I made you laugh! I'm used to being the last one in on the joke as well - not sure if that's a consolation. Yes, the words from Vicky Bliss are wonderful and so important.
AJ90UK said: Although it doesn’t always work, such as when I laughed during a funeral when someone was doing their speech, but then got some odd looks when no one else was laughing. Apparently what they said wasn’t meant to be funny.
That made me smile.
I smile/laugh/giggle when I get nervous (so at inappropriate times).
I had a 1st date with a chap once and when we came back to his car it had been broken into and all his music stolen.
He went mad (I later became aware that he had a very bad temper indeed) and because it made me nervous, I smiled.
That then made him annoyed with me too.
Not an auspicious start