Do you ever laugh/chuckle to be polite?

[Hunter65416]

When someone tells a shit joke or is trying to be funny

 

[Coffinshaker]

heh... yeah...

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Yep. ALL the time because everyone I know tells horrible jokes or ones i've already heard before.

 

[krazykidd]

Always , i fake laugh all the time, so often that people think im actually laughing and proceed to keep telling me unfunny things and i keep fake laughing , Karma is a *****. I wish i was man enough to tell people straight up i dont care, but im not :/. Thats why i have a bunch of people that talk to me that i wish didn't .


Also why is my captcha in french ?

 

[Hoemark]

Yeah, sure, I think everyone does ones in a while.. Just for the sake of being polite. I think it's an important part of our social interactions. I (usually) tell my friends and close relatives what I really think of their jokes or anything, but around people I don't know very well or at work I laugh/chuckle sometimes just to be polite

 

[BytByte]

I try not to hurt their feelings if they are a friend, but if I just kinda-sorta know them, I'll tell them that they aren't funny.

 

[CrashBang]

Actually I don't, it's one of my more prickish qualities. If they're a friend I just tell them it was poor and we chuckle about it. If they're just an acquaintance I say nothing and then there's an awkward silence... yeah, I can be a douche

 

[Thaluikhain]

Heh, I do a bit.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

Yes. All the time.

I feel like a jerk admitting it though. :x

 

[Lord Beautiful]

No. In fact, that's usually when I pull out my +5 Mask of Self Esteem Eradication. Apparently, I'm really really good at making people feel bad about themselves with nothing more than a single look.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

No, I will not encourage bad jokes. All anyone will get from me is a blank look and maybe an eyebrow raise. I get accused of having no sense of humor when that happens, but I do have one, just not to unfunny stories or comments.

 

[floppylobster]

I used to when I was younger. But I haven't for years. It was a hard habit to break because the urge to be polite is strong. I will smile to acknowledge they tried to tell a joke but I won't pretend to laugh.

 

[Biosophilogical]

heh... yeah...

Win /thread

OT: Yeah, I have been known to chuckle to be polite, especially seeing as how most people have a normal humour system ... and I normally don't.

 

[Shivarage]

Hehehe

 

[Tharwen]

I often feel like I'm smiling or laughing to cover up my own social inadequacies and hide the fact that I have no idea what else to do and I'm terrified of making a situation awkward.

...so yes.

 

[krazykidd]

No. In fact, that's usually when I pull out my +5 Mask of Self Esteem Eradication. Apparently, I'm really really good at making people feel bad about themselves with nothing more than a single look.

wish i could do that , so how exactly does this look go?

 

[LongAndShort]

At work, when customers make some lame joke that I've heard fifty million fuckin times before, yeah I'll politely chuckle or smile and maybe joke back.
In my social life, only if I know that they chuckle politely at my occasional bad jokes.

 

[mexicola]

All the time. Not outright laugh but something non-committal like "heh", and then I hope they get that I was just being polite and they aren't all that funny.

 

[ruben6f]

yes but I make sure I stare in silence for a few seconds so the person who said the joke knows how bad it was.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

No. In fact, that's usually when I pull out my +5 Mask of Self Esteem Eradication. Apparently, I'm really really good at making people feel bad about themselves with nothing more than a single look.

wish i could do that , so how exactly does this look go?

Not sure how to describe it. It's not something I've practiced or learned; it's just innate.