How to Have a Sense of Humor

Learn a few jokes. Sharing humor with others is a great way to make connections. If you want to bring humor into your social life, you can learn a few basic jokes. You can also search for funny pictures, witty sayings, and funny pictures online to share with the world. You should choose elements that suit your sense of humor. ^[7]

• For example, you can try a joke like: I only drink 2 times a year, 6 months each time . ^[8]
• Don’t be sad because you think you’re ugly. Always believe that you have a hidden beauty that the more you look, the more it hides .

Look for the humor in the similarities. People tend to laugh at jokes related to their situation, place of residence, or beliefs. ^[9] You can make light jokes about the weather or the city where you live to break the awkward atmosphere with others. If you both have similar careers, joke about it.

• If you don’t know what to say, you can comment on the weather. For example, “If it doesn’t stop raining, I’ll have to row a boat to work”.

Surround yourself with funny people. Think about your funny friends. How do they bring humor into the conversation? What kind of jokes do they use?

• Watch stand-up comedians or funny videos online. Focus on how they convey the story, the theme, and how they turn everyday situations into something rather witty.
• Observe who you think is quite funny in life, and identify what you love about their humor and maybe add it to your own.

Practice. Practicing telling jokes can help you improve and become more natural. You can start by showing humor to family and friends you trust. Tell them your goals and ask them to be honest with you. Listen to what they say when they say you need to improve your joke. As you become more comfortable, you can expand your comfort zone by adding humor to conversations with someone you’re not close to.

Remember to be careful not to offend others. As you develop a sense of humour, think about context. Do you easily feel offended when others make fun of you? Regardless of whether you are making fun of or laughing at a joke, you should be careful not to offend or hurt the other person’s feelings. Having a sense of humor means approaching life with a kind attitude. You don’t use other people to make fun of, and don’t laugh when people make fun of others. ^[10]

• If you’re telling a joke, think about the context. Is this joke appropriate for work, a date, or in the presence of a certain group of people? Does it offend anyone?
• Know the difference between “teasing the rich and teasing the poor.” To make fun of the rich is to challenge the status quo by redirecting the joke to the powerful. To tease the wretched is to reinforce the status quo by making fun of a group of miserable or oppressed people.
• Racism, sexism, and rude humor can be quite offensive. Making fun of religion, political beliefs, and other belief systems will lead you into humiliation territory. You should keep the tasteless, offensive jokes in your head or save them for friends who live with the “whatever” mentality.
• Humor that humiliates others or aggressive humor is used to criticize and manipulate through teasing, sarcasm, and ridicule. ^[11] They are quite humorous when directed at celebrities, but are deeply hurtful if used in front of friends and can damage your personal relationships. ^[12]

Learn to laugh. Laughter is the key to a sense of humour. Focus on laughing every day, even if it’s just laughing at yourself. Enjoy the little things, find humor in everyday situations, and humor in life’s misfortunes. Smile as often as possible. And you should also try to bring laughter to others. Make smiles first, for yourself, and for others. ^[13]

Laugh instead of reacting. When you’re in a stressful situation, step back and laugh. Anger is a pretty powerful emotion, but laughter also has the power to take over your mind and body. Make a short joke, laugh at the situation, or use humor to defuse the situation. ^[14] It also helps you to reduce stress and annoyance.

• Sometimes, a sense of humor helps to defuse a stressful or unpleasant situation. A joke can reduce stress and make people feel more comfortable.
• When you know you’re about to “get mad” at someone, make a joke. If you’re arguing with your sibling, just say, “We haven’t stopped arguing about the same thing for 10 years! Obviously we’re stuck in the underage.”
• If someone teases your old car, you can say, “I bet you’re not as pretty now as you were 15 years ago!” ^[15]

Removes defensiveness. Ignore any factors that can put you on the defensive immediately. Ignore criticism, judgment, and lack of confidence. Instead, let them slip away by dealing with them through humor. People are not born to criticize or oppose you. So smile or laugh out loud. ^[16]

Accept yourself. Being indifferent to yourself is one way to maintain a sense of humour. You should learn to laugh at yourself. Sometimes people need to take themselves seriously, but learning how to laugh at yourself is one way to build self-acceptance. No one is perfect, and we all make mistakes. Don’t be too hard on yourself, and maintain a positive sense of humor in life.

• Smile at factors that are beyond your control, such as age and appearance. If you have a big nose, laugh at it instead of getting upset. If you are getting old, laugh at your aging. Even if you don’t feel comfortable with these, you should ignore them, especially if you can’t change them.
• Laugh at your own shame and petty mistakes. This action will help you become aware of the humor in your human nature.
• Think about an embarrassing moment in your life. Find a way to present it in a humorous rather than humiliating way. You need to laugh at yourself, and perhaps exaggerate or enhance the tragedy of the event.

Do not put pressure on others. Part of having a sense of humor is transferring it to someone else. Just as you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself, you should try to apply the same principle to everyone else. Forgive and focus on the positive when someone makes a mistake. Laugh out loud at everyone’s mistakes as you would do to yourself. This method will not only make you feel better, but it will also make your partner feel accepted, and this will help your relationship. ^[17]

• Instead of getting angry because your employees are always late for meetings, turn it into a joke like, “You’re lucky you don’t have to run an airline.”
• While a coworker’s joke can be bland or offensive, there’s no need to get upset about it. Having a sense of humor means being comfortable with things and choosing for yourself what element you want to express your displeasure with.