Lively has a tendency toward deadpan humor, often delivered with a laconic stare that can make it difficult to figure out whether she is joking or not. “When I say something funny, I don’t laugh,” she says, “so my friends are always like, ‘Hahahahaaaa!’ so people know. When I’m not with them, I always think, This person doesn’t know I’m funny; they just think I’m a jerk.”
Pro tip: If your friends have to say “hahahahaaaa” to let other people know you’re making a joke, maybe it’s not funny? Like this rather mean joke about a not-nice restaurant.
She stares at me with a look that says, Really? It came highly recommended, I say. “By whom,” she asks, “someone who hates us?” It takes a second for me to get that she’s kidding (I think). A waiter approaches us to ask if we’d like to start with something to drink. “Can I have the French onion soup to drink?” says Lively. “I’m sorry?” says the waiter. “See what happens?” Lively says to me. “You have to be my laugh track.”
she has the same sense of humour as me but i also realized before i left HS that people only like it when you insult yourself AND deadpan jokes only work if there's wit to them
like with the waiter she should've just said "yes i'd like something to drink" and sat there lmfao
Same. I have a very dry, rude-ish humour but you learn early on if you have a brain in your head who and what you should be directing your jabs at to avoid hurting people (self deprecating humour is my second language at this point lol)
i mean that's not the problem with the waiter. the problem with the waiter is that the waiter is working within a context where customers can genuinely be assholes, and it's very obvious that a deadpan joke like that (and your edit joke frankly) has a high chance of landing badly. if you're going to joke with a waiter/stranger, it's got to be obvious or you're going to be a bad part of their day.
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Pro tip: If your friends have to say “hahahahaaaa” to let other people know you’re making a joke, maybe it’s not funny? Like this rather mean joke about a not-nice restaurant.
She stares at me with a look that says, Really? It came highly recommended, I say. “By whom,” she asks, “someone who hates us?” It takes a second for me to get that she’s kidding (I think). A waiter approaches us to ask if we’d like to start with something to drink. “Can I have the French onion soup to drink?” says Lively. “I’m sorry?” says the waiter. “See what happens?” Lively says to me. “You have to be my laugh track.”
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like with the waiter she should've just said "yes i'd like something to drink" and sat there lmfao
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yeah...she and I would not get along lol
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the lack of self awareness omg its because to regular ppl youre NOT funny lol
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there's a way to riff like that that lets people in on the joke but if she's just waiting for someone to laugh then 😬
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