I was wondering, does it usually take you guys a while to understand punchlines in jokes?
It usually takes me a while to understand punch lines in jokes...

Some times yes some times no. I often have the opposite problem I see punch lines where none were intended.

that is funny mead...

do you take the joke the wrong way if you see the punch line where ther is none intendes?

Sometimes it takes me a while to understand the punch line of jokes. Think it's because it takes a while to register what's being said. I'm constantly asking hubby what was that? then understanding what he said. It doesn't help either when he mumbles and faces the other way when he talks.

So funny! I am always the last to get the punchline and even then, I have to have someone explain the joke to me. Everyone thinks I'm so dingy.

that is funny mead...

do you take the joke the wrong way if you see the punch line where ther is none intendes?Yes. It's also fun when the only two ADHDers in the room see the humour in a situation when others don't.

Absolutely! It's a matter of jokes amongst the joke-tellers in my life. They watch with baited breath as the airplane flys by then comes back around and makes a crash-landing in my head when I do get it!

Well, and I have also become the master of the courtesy laugh, and some always appropriate responses, like, "oh, that WAS a GOOD ONE, I'll have to remember that one for so-and-so."

I thought that I was the only one that had that problem! I have never been able to manage to find the humor in stand-up comedians either. I watch other people laughing at them on HBO or something, and I just can't imagine why what they're saying is so funny that people feel compelled to laugh. However, I am not entirely humorless, I generally find bizarre and aggravating people to be entertaining. I can be quite sarcastic as well and I am always able to laugh at myself and some of the ridiculous things that I do.

I sometimes have difficulty understanding jokes, either because I didn't pay enough attention to see the humor, or the joke wasn't extremely humorous to begin with, so I'm often looking for something other than what was intended. It's probably an ADD thing in both cases (ADD -> reward deficiency).

Some times yes some times no. I often have the opposite problem I see punch lines where none were intended.
I have the same thing, sometimes I really have to becarefull what I say back to people because it could be considered being mean, when that is not my intention. I guess its my sarcasim.

I sometimes have difficulty understanding jokes, either because I didn't pay enough attention to see the humor, or the joke wasn't extremely humorous to begin with, so I'm often looking for something other than what was intended. It's probably an ADD thing in both cases (ADD -> reward deficiency).Several years ago I watched a wonderful interview with the very talented John Cleese. I was so relieved when Mr. Cleese stated that there was nothing funny about the word "penis" and that he didn't understand why the mere mention of a body part made people laugh. On the other hand, I remember my mother and I laughing until we cried, with the t.v. on mute during dinner, at a rerun of the Fawlty Towers episode where Manuel sets fire to the hotel kitchen. HF, perhaps it is our level of functioning rather than the ADHD? :D

that is funny mead...

do you take the joke the wrong way if you see the punch line where ther is none intendes?


No I really do not have a problem taking thing personally, I simply see connections others do not and see humor in stuff due to those connections. I do however often watch other's facial expressions. If they continue to look serious then I try my darnedest to not laugh. . . . this is where medication helps me a lot. . . .that necessity of delayed laughter until after the fact.




I have the same thing, sometimes I really have to becarefull what I say back to people because it could be considered being mean, when that is not my intention. I guess its my sarcasim.


Ah that hint of neurodiverse smart a**, yes I have a touch of that myself.


I always thought it ran in my family, kinf od like ADD and dyslexia.



I thought that I was the only one that had that problem! I have never been able to manage to find the humor in stand-up comedians either.I watch other people laughing at them on HBO or something, and I just can't imagine why what they're saying is so funny that people feel compelled to laugh

Stupidity is my guess. Honestly dogwalker few of those comedians on HBO are funny most are simply vulgar, which isn't necessarily funny.



However, I am not entirely humorless, I generally find bizarre and aggravating people to be entertaining

I tend to have what is called a dry sense of humor.





On the other hand, I remember my mother and I laughing until we cried, with the t.v. on mute during dinner, at a rerun of the Faulty Towers episode where Manuel sets fire to the hotel kitchen.

My favorite episode is the one with the dead guy, where Basil serves him breakfast and doesn't realize he is dead!

I've been told I have a dry sense of humour too. Other words are quirky and warped. I can see humour in almost any situation, maybe it's a coping mechanism, but it's natural for me.

Sometimes I laugh at something not because it's funny, but because I like it. When I was in high school looking at yearbook pictures, one of the guys' pictures was so cute I just had to laugh. The teacher said "that's not very nice". So I felt embarrassed and kind of slunk away with my head down. He obviously thought laughter was for making fun of something, but it can be just for delight.

Why did the ADHDer cross the road?
Because there keys just hafta be over there

^--- dud joke

Several years ago I watched a wonderful interview with the very talented John Cleese. I was so relieved when Mr. Cleese stated that there was nothing funny about the word "penis" and that he didn't understand why the mere mention of a body part made people laugh.

Perhaps it's not the body part itself, but the formality of the word placed in a less formal context, or the alternate thoughts that seeing/hearing the word provokes.

On the other hand, I remember my mother and I laughing until we cried, with the t.v. on mute during dinner, at a rerun of the Fawlty Towers episode where Manuel sets fire to the hotel kitchen. HF, perhaps it is our level of functioning rather than the ADHD? :D

Maybe, but in the examples given, the impulse here is related to an immediate stimulus... not something cumulative over time (i.e. paying careful attention). Also, laughter is not necessarily an indication that one is receptive to a joke. A particular word or phrase could trigger some alternate thought, which would cause someone to laugh, but not directly because someone was trying to be humorous.