# What do you never find funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169 "2011-03-18T16:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/81 "2011-03-20T03:07:19Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > John Dailey could make a joke like that about something or somebody I took seriously. And I could often find it funny. As a matter of fact, I thought Bush caught a lot of unfair flack. But I was a regular Dailey show watcher during most of the Bush era and usually found his Bush “gotcha” jokes funny, often very funny. We’re talking about John Dailey of the Dailey Show, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/82 "2011-03-20T04:18:04Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > A couple of people have said this, and it has made me stop and think about it - I can’t think of any examples of people trying to be funny by hurting an animal. Do you (or anyone else) have any specific examples of this? (And I agree, for the record - an animal doesn’t understand that it’s being hurt for a joke.) Most of the media examples I can think of don’t involve real violence (if you’ve seen _Problem Child_, the multiple deaths of the family cat, or the _National Lampoon’s Vacation_ series, with a dog being dragged to death in the first, a dog leaping off the Eiffel Tower in the European entry, a cat being electrocuted in the first Christmas one, etc.). Still doesn’t sit well with a lot of people; I don’t mind the Vacation ones because there’s no maliciousness involved, but the Problem Child one bothered me when I watched it. OTOH, think of all the incidents caught on film/video of folks in real life-- a soldier throwing puppies off a cliff, a woman tossing a neighbor’s pet cat in a trash can, teenagers putting animals in a bag and beating it against a tree, “Zippo Cat”-- folks who do this often because they think it’s a joke. I grew up having to hear idiot teens bragging about torturing animals like this, and man did they ever find it funny. Only now, the idiots who do this stuff as a joke are often caught on video… and “Zippo Cat” notwithstanding, they better hope to God that /b/ doesn’t find out. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/83 "2011-03-20T04:18:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > A couple of people have said this, and it has made me stop and think about it - I can’t think of any examples of people trying to be funny by hurting an animal. Do you (or anyone else) have any specific examples of this? (And I agree, for the record - an animal doesn’t understand that it’s being hurt for a joke.) For some reason people seem to think it’s Hilaaariouuuuus to joke about kicking small dogs like footballs, for example. You see, they’re really tough, so only the pit-bulliest or rotweillerest dog will do. Any dog that’s less than 20 lbs is only a yappy little terror who needs to be kicked into the next time zone ASAP. As the owner of the world’s most awesome Chihuahua, I have a bit of an issue with this. I’ve actually had people come up to us while walking and go "hehe! I call dogs like that a “punt-a-puppy!” har har har! WTF?😕 ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/84 "2011-03-20T04:49:58Z")
I have NEVER liked, “The Three Stooges”. Maybe its a birth defect, but I simply do not get it. However, Monty Python’s “The Holy Grail” gets funnier every time I watch it. I mean really, an African swallow carrying a two pound coconut! Snort out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/85 "2011-03-20T04:56:01Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > Joke I heard the other day: > > Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? > A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY! Reminds me of an old cartoon; “This is a _feminist_ bookstore. We _have_ no humor section.” As far as feminist light bulb jokes go: Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Three. One to screw in the lightbulb, one to complain about the violation of the socket, and one to secretly wish she was the socket. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/86 "2011-03-20T12:51:13Z")
Saturday Night Live. It just seems dumb. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/87 "2011-03-20T13:02:03Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > As far as feminist light bulb jokes go: > > Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? > > A: Three. One to screw in the lightbulb, one to complain about the violation of the socket, and one to secretly wish she was the socket. The best, but by far most offensive version: [spoiler]Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two. One to change the bulb, and one to SUCK MY DICK![/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/88 "2011-03-20T13:52:36Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > We’re talking about John Dailey of the Dailey Show, right? 😉 Naw, its that other guy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/89 "2011-03-21T01:47:38Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Humiliation humor. > > It’s awful. Along with its ill-begotten stepchild, embarrassment humor. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/90 "2011-03-21T02:16:29Z")
> [@Spiny\_Norman](#): > > Along with its ill-begotten stepchild, embarrassment humor. Is there a standard name for this type of humour? A form of “humour” (quotes used pointedly) that focuses on social awkwardness, discomfit, and anxiety – I personally think of it as “New York Neurotic”, but I’m pretty sure that’s not a standard name. It’s something that makes me physically squirm when viewing… there are movies where I have to leave the room for a scene it gets so bad. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/91 "2011-03-21T02:46:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > A couple of people have said this, and it has made me stop and think about it - I can’t think of any examples of people trying to be funny by hurting an animal. Do you (or anyone else) have any specific examples of this? (And I agree, for the record - an animal doesn’t understand that it’s being hurt for a joke.) _American Dad_ has played animal cruelty for comedy. I love _American Dad_ but cannot stand those jokes. It happens often enough to make me think that one of the writers has a thing for animals in distress. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/92 "2011-03-21T03:50:28Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Most of the media examples I can think of don’t involve real violence (if you’ve seen _Problem Child_, the multiple deaths of the family cat, or the _National Lampoon’s Vacation_ series, with a dog being dragged to death in the first, a dog leaping off the Eiffel Tower in the European entry, a cat being electrocuted in the first Christmas one, etc.). Still doesn’t sit well with a lot of people; I don’t mind the Vacation ones because there’s no maliciousness involved, but the Problem Child one bothered me when I watched it. > > OTOH, think of all the incidents caught on film/video of folks in real life-- a soldier throwing puppies off a cliff, a woman tossing a neighbor’s pet cat in a trash can, teenagers putting animals in a bag and beating it against a tree, “Zippo Cat”-- folks who do this often because they think it’s a joke. I grew up having to hear idiot teens bragging about torturing animals like this, and man did they ever find it funny. Only now, the idiots who do this stuff as a joke are often caught on video… and “Zippo Cat” notwithstanding, they better hope to God that /b/ doesn’t find out. > [@JimmyFlair](#): > > For some reason people seem to think it’s Hilaaariouuuuus to joke about kicking small dogs like footballs, for example. You see, they’re really tough, so only the pit-bulliest or rotweillerest dog will do. Any dog that’s less than 20 lbs is only a yappy little terror who needs to be kicked into the next time zone ASAP. > > As the owner of the world’s most awesome Chihuahua, I have a bit of an issue with this. I’ve actually had people come up to us while walking and go "hehe! I call dogs like that a “punt-a-puppy!” har har har! WTF?😕 Ah, okay, I think I see - not necessarily people actually kicking a dog and laughing about it, but making jokes about hurting animals. I don’t care for “American Dad” or “Family Guy,” myself - they just take things too far for my comfort. ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/93 "2011-03-21T13:48:20Z")
Broadly speaking, anything that is primarily based around someone being hurt doesn’t appeal to me, although I have to admit there’s an exception for things of the ‘extremely obnoxious behaviour leading to richly deserved payback’ genre (a recent viral video has brought this exception into sharp focus). I agree with the OP - anyone mimicking someone’s accent or speech impediment leaves me cold. I can very much love offensive jokes, even those for which the whole point is that they’re awful (such as dead baby jokes). But there’s a difference between someone telling a joke because it’s offensive, and telling a joke in order to offend someone, and the latter I don’t really like. This is especially true of the ‘check out how edgy I am’ vibe that some people have mentioned. For some reason, I never laugh when a comedian makes fun of another comedian in a not-friendly manner. Also, whatever category of humour it is that Rob Schneider does. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/94 "2011-03-21T13:52:33Z")
Women. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/95 "2011-03-21T14:44:40Z")
I should also mention I don’t care for Steve Carrell (sp) - lead guy in The Office. Something about him I just can’t stand… ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/96 "2011-03-21T14:56:54Z")
I really really detest Family Guy for the repeated jokes and put downs at Meg’s expense. For me it is getting so bad I usually leave the room when its on. I don’t find home video type shows where the humour is a pet or small child hurting themselves. (I don’t watch those shows, if I see one it is usually at my Dad’s house or something where I cannot leave/change channel.) Humiliation humour is bad too. But poop jokes are ok, I’m a nurse if I didn’t laugh I would cry, but I have learned when not to share my funnies. ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/97 "2011-03-21T15:20:44Z")
> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#): > > I have NEVER liked, “The Three Stooges”. Maybe its a birth defect, but I simply do not get it. > > However, Monty Python’s “The Holy Grail” gets funnier every time I watch it. I mean really, an African swallow carrying a two pound coconut! Snort out loud! QFT +1 to both sentences. I’m a male, and apparently we’re supposed to find “The Three Stooges” funny, but I’ve never, ever found them so. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/98 "2011-03-21T15:38:36Z")
Racist, sexist, or homophobic “humor” will never make me laugh. Jokes about the latest natural disaster or terrorist attack aren’t funny, at least until a large amount of time has passed. I can understand why Gilbert Gottfried got fired from Aflac for making fun of the situation in Japan. They haven’t even gotten a full body count, dude. There are people who are stranded and homeless at this very moment. Think you can wait at least a little bit? ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/99 "2011-03-21T16:43:06Z")
Jokes people make in non-joke threads on this board. I literally can’t remember once laughing or even being slightly amused. Especially the “wacky misinterpretation of the thread title” type. Bad puns, stupid sexual innuendos, etc… Just bugs the crap out of me, especially in GQ. It feels like they’re becoming more and more common, as well. And the worst part is when they are followed with that green laughing smiley. Makes my skin crawl. I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169/100 "2011-03-21T16:52:05Z")
I don’t find puns to be funny at all. I actually think they’re unbearably lame, and I understand that many people find that lame-ness to be part of the appeal, but… _shudder_ no thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-never-find-funny/575169.md?page=6)