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lillypaddle

(9,605 posts) Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:35 PM Dec 2019

Is anyone else having this specific problem?

I used to have a really good sense of humor, although it did lean toward the sarcastic side. I've been told how clever and quick on my feet I am - or WAS.

Seems like I am having trouble "getting it." "It" being jokes or retorts. I honestly have no clue. It gets a little embarrassing sometimes. Even with Sunday's LOL Cats post by SalmonChantedEvening.

I turn 72 this month. Has anyone else noticed this happening to them? I want my funny bone back, dammit!

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Is anyone else having this specific problem? (Original Post) lillypaddle Dec 2019 OP

depression will do that, but personally getagrip_already Dec 2019 #1

I swear wryter2000 Dec 2019 #3

Yeah, that will cheer me up for sure! nt lillypaddle Dec 2019 #4

I'm 71 wryter2000 Dec 2019 #2

Maybe a little lillypaddle Dec 2019 #6

No. The Friends writers used up all their humor on Dream On. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #14

Example lillypaddle Dec 2019 #5

My father was born in the family house, in Canada, in 1928. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #7

Good for your dad lillypaddle Dec 2019 #11

He is gone, but he would have hated Trump. eom guillaumeb Dec 2019 #13

I thought the outhouse had two stoves. trof Dec 2019 #17

Sorry. The house had 2 stoves, in the kitchen and in the parlor room. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #19

I can't imagine sharing a dump with a family member. trof Dec 2019 #20

Would you prefer to wait in a line? guillaumeb Dec 2019 #21

I've laughed far less during these trump years NRaleighLiberal Dec 2019 #8

NO kidding; I must seem like a grim reaper some days! appalachiablue Dec 2019 #9

I'm 71 y/o And Don't Find Much Of SNL Funny Anymore.... global1 Dec 2019 #10

+1000 nt lillypaddle Dec 2019 #12

100% agreed. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #15

Comedy is nearly dead for me... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #16

I watch stand-up comics on youtube. trof Dec 2019 #18

getagrip_already

(17,430 posts)

1. depression will do that, but personally

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:37 PM

Dec 2019

I expect to laugh like hell when trump is dragged out of the wh and put on trial. that will take years off my age..

wryter2000

(47,431 posts)

3. I swear

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:38 PM

Dec 2019

That'll cure my arthritis, and I'll dance a jig.

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)

4. Yeah, that will cheer me up for sure! nt

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:38 PM

Dec 2019

wryter2000

(47,431 posts)

2. I'm 71

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:37 PM

Dec 2019

No problem so far. However, I'm generally out of touch with most pop culture, so those jokes go right over my head. Anything involving Seinfeld or Friends, for example, makes no sense to me. Could that be happening to you?

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)

6. Maybe a little

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:43 PM

Dec 2019

but usually I can tell the difference in topical or generational humor.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

14. No. The Friends writers used up all their humor on Dream On.

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 08:08 PM

Dec 2019

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)

5. Example

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:42 PM

Dec 2019

posted in the lounge:

My Dad's Christmas joke [View all]
A long time ago, before people had indoor bathrooms, a man was awakened to a tremendous crash. He looked out the window and to his amazement, saw Santa Claus, the reindeer, the sled, and his outhouse in shambles. Santa was yelling something, so the man opened his window in time to hear Santa scream, "I said Schmitt house!"

After posting this, I finally got it. Duh!

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

7. My father was born in the family house, in Canada, in 1928.

Reply to lillypaddle (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:56 PM

Dec 2019

The house had a hand pump in the kitchen, but there was still an outhouse.

Growing up in the 1950's, that same house, my grandfather's house, did have an in door washroom but the outhouse was still functional.
And it was still heated by two stoves. One in the kitchen and one in the living room, with open grates providing heat for the upstairs.

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)

11. Good for your dad

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 06:28 PM

Dec 2019

Glad he still has his sense of humor.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

13. He is gone, but he would have hated Trump. eom

Reply to lillypaddle (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 07:38 PM

Dec 2019

trof

(54,273 posts)

17. I thought the outhouse had two stoves.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 07:41 PM

Dec 2019

And I thought "sauna"?

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

19. Sorry. The house had 2 stoves, in the kitchen and in the parlor room.

Reply to trof (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 07:54 PM

Dec 2019

The outhouse had no stove, but it did have 3 seats.

To accommodate 2 adults and 15 children.

trof

(54,273 posts)

20. I can't imagine sharing a dump with a family member.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #19)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:00 PM

Dec 2019

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

21. Would you prefer to wait in a line?

Reply to trof (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:01 PM

Dec 2019

In the cold?

NRaleighLiberal

(60,496 posts)

8. I've laughed far less during these trump years

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 06:03 PM

Dec 2019

appalachiablue

(42,903 posts)

9. NO kidding; I must seem like a grim reaper some days!

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 06:08 PM

Dec 2019

global1

(25,917 posts)

10. I'm 71 y/o And Don't Find Much Of SNL Funny Anymore....

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 06:17 PM

Dec 2019

I don't know if it is just a different type of humor that they are working with now - or if I have lost my sense of humor. I just don't find their skits funny. Most are just kind of stupid.

I like to watch sitcoms. Now I notice that a lot of the so-called humor in sitcoms seems stupid as well. It's like they are trying to appeal to a very low IQ audience

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)

12. +1000 nt

Reply to global1 (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 06:29 PM

Dec 2019

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

15. 100% agreed.

Reply to global1 (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 08:11 PM

Dec 2019

Wounded Bear

(60,681 posts)

16. Comedy is nearly dead for me...

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:15 AM

Dec 2019

I'm 67 now, and I can't watch a typical sitcom any more. Just leave me flat.

Most of the "comic stars" these days don't even interest me. LOL cats is a bit repetitive for me, so I seldom click on it. Well, that and I don't like cats, either.

Too bad. Maybe when Trump leaves the sun will shine again.

trof

(54,273 posts)

18. I watch stand-up comics on youtube.

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 07:44 PM

Dec 2019

Many of the younger one are very good.

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