Is humour a matter of experience?

[Never_give_up]

Can I develop sense of humour just by socializing and listening to humour till my mind start to subconsciously grasp how humour works (which is just having experience)?

They say , most of the time people need high IQ to have good sense of humour, but I wasn't bless with high IQ, quite the opposite. But if it's mostly experience then isn't it the case that even with low IQ a person can become funny cause she/he has a lot of experience with humour?

 

Unrelated topic: is drawing the same? mostly a matter of practice and experience even if someone has low IQ?

[Hojo]

@Never_give_up There are many different types of humor.  Some require high intellect, some dont. Some require high intelligence, some dont. Its not defined its subjective.

You can be a funny person by farting. If you can perfectly time a fart in a situation, you could be the funniest person in existence. Woman would have sex with you because of your fart timing, and all it is, is expelling air. Why or how is that funny? Because at our core we have an inner madness.

Edited June 8 by Hojo

[Reciprocality]

Humour is the awareness of 1. what people generally expects and believes and thus awareness of what is odd and does not conform with expectations and 2. what people generally focus on and value.

Armed with 1 and 2 we can craft a joke that takes the unexpected turn, an exaggeration somewhat on point or a vigorous image that were insufficiently unwanted. Said at the Republican National Convention: Jimmy is probably malnourished, response: Ah, I knew he were a liberal all along!

Humour is a matter of experience, the more experienced you are the more on-point your predictions will be and the more often you will recognise or think of the unexpected or humorous.

[Basman]

Humor can be thought as simply drawing attention to contradictions. Socializing a lot can help because you learn how to play with social norms and become more familiar with pop culture. But you can also just practice it. Develop a style, etc. Just enjoying things you find funny. 

Getting good at drawing is mostly just practice and a little theory once in a while. What helped me get better was having a schedule where I worked with a deadline to finish a piece on regular basis. I have a log of dozens of drawings spanning back years where you can clearly see the gradual improvement. I have since switched to just drawing for a set amount of time daily since I got burned out on the previous method. As long as you just draw regularly you'll get better over time.

[Carl-Richard]

16 hours ago, Never_give_up said:

They say , most of the time people need high IQ to have good sense of humour, but I wasn't bless with high IQ, quite the opposite.

I think it's more important to be associative (be able to connect things), often in creative ways. The more you are able to associate things creatively and the more quick-witted you are (which is a bit about IQ but also about being spontaneous, uninhibited, intuitive and not being too stuck in your mind), the more you will naturally gravitate towards being funny. But if you take yourself too seriously, if you view everything through a serious lens and you are not willing to risk looking like a fool, you will not allow yourself to be funny.

Edited June 8 by Carl-Richard

[Reciprocality]

On 09/06/2025 at 1:54 AM, Carl-Richard said:

I think it's more important to be associative (be able to connect things), often in creative ways. The more you are able to associate things creatively and the more quick-witted you are (which is a bit about IQ but also about being spontaneous, uninhibited, intuitive and not being too stuck in your mind), the more you will naturally gravitate towards being funny. But if you take yourself too seriously, if you view everything through a serious lens and you are not willing to risk looking like a fool, you will not allow yourself to be funny.

@Carl-Richard Have you ever observed that people who are the most serious laughs the most whole-heartedly and energetically when they do laugh?

[samijiben]

Laugh at yourself.

[max duewel]

You need to experiment a lot and try jokes. Whatever comes to your mind and you find funny. Say it out loud and look how people react. You gotta risk it to get the bisquit