Self-deprecating sense of humor

[Tobin S.]

Poll question: Self-deprecating sense of humor

What do you think a self-deprecating sense of humor says about someone? I goof on myself just about as much as I do anything else. I've found that some people think it's strange and don't understand how someone can talk negatively about himself, even in fun. They don't think it's funny. Others take it as a sign of humility and laugh along with me. Still others think I'm a dumbass. Others yet have no opinion and apparently no pulse.

[HopeHoops]

1. I'm way too big of an asshole to engage in self-depricating humor.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

10. +1

:)

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. People who are able to make fun of themselves...

are the funniest and most down to earth people around. :hi:

[TZ]

3. Almost every guy I've ever been attracted to

has a self-deprecating sense of humor (I do too). :*

[PassingFair]

4. I approve! As long as it doesn't happen every day.

There's a thin line between "self-deprecation" and
"self-flagellation".

Oh, and it definitely HAS to be FUNNY to qualify.

[gmoney]

5. Check my sig line...

[phasma ex machina]

6. +1 nt

[enigmatic]

7. I have one, too

It shows that you don't take yourself too seriously and can laugh at yourself. I trust people like you way, way more than those w/ no self-awareness or those w/o a sense of humor about themselves.

[arbusto_baboso]

8. That would do you well if you ever go to England.

Self-deprecating humor is de rigeur there. The rule is that you can be serious, but you must never take yourself seriously. We Americans might be happier if we adopted that mentality.

[rurallib]

9. I tell ya, I don't get no respect, no respect at all

my mom had to hang a pork chop around my neck so the dog would play with me.

[DerekG]

11. The sign of a genuinely decent person

I've yet to meet an asshole who employs self-deprecating humor. They're incapable of it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. If I had my own stand up special featuring myself and my self-deprecating humor...

....even myself would boo me off the stage.

[LostInAnomie]

13. Unless it's about poop, dicks, boobs, or sex, I don't think it's funny.

So unless you are deprecating yourself about one of those, shut your trap!