Is my joke as hilarious as I think it is?

Kingpin Rogers

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I was text messaging a friend earlier about Smash and our ability with the characters we use. He was like "I'm pretty good with cloud and I don't know why, I feel I can beat people who are much better than me" So I said, "yeah, I'd have to agree, you do a pretty good job against me with him" Implying that I consider myself a better player than him even though the truth is we're pretty evenly matched and he knows this since we've played so much together. The issue is he didn't even say anything or even react like I made a joke, I know he doesn't think I'm much better than him so it's not like he just agreed or whatever. I personally think what I said is really pretty funny, like not laugh out loud funny but the kind of funny where you have to be like "yep he got me there" and just appreciate it, which is the best kind of humour imo. Knowing the context, is it actually hilarious and it was just too subtle for my friend or am I not as funny as I think? Also, I gotta say thinking about it, humour is so subjective it's literally impossible to say I'm not funny. As long as I find myself funny that's all that matters right?


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This is the actual exchange so you can get the best idea

 
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OhMan

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You're underthinking it
i suggest you do a psychoanalysis on your friend
 

FUME5

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I saw who created this thread and immediately knew that, no, it was not as hilarious as you thought it was.
 

ZealousD

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The fact that you're hung up on whether or not a joke landed in a text message is probably not healthy.
 

Dr.Acula

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We can workshop it a bit. Maybe you could have responded, "I know that you don't exactly have the strongest reputation with Cloud right now, to put it lightly."
 

Cream Stout

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maybe ur friend was messin w/ you and didnt react because he knew u would think about and ask resetera if it was really funny. ur friend won
 

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I personally think what I said is really pretty funny, like not laugh out loud funny but the kind of funny where you have to be like "yep he got me there" and just appreciate it, which is the best kind of humour imo. Knowing the context, is it actually hilarious and it was just too subtle for my friend or am I not as funny as I think? Also, I gotta say thinking about it, humour is so subjective it's literally impossible to say I'm not funny. As long as I find myself funny that's all that matters right?
 

ZackieChan

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Literally would have had no idea that was a joke if you hadn't told me. Back to the workshop with that one, OP.
why don't you two just bang already and get it over with
 

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Do you think that's ever stopped me, motherfucker? Live your dreams. Unleash your subtle wit into the world. Let everyone scratch their heads in disbelief.
 

smurfx

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don't forget to repeat the joke over and over again next time until he gets it op.
 
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Kingpin Rogers

Kingpin Rogers

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I will say this though, if I'm ever in a room with just one other person and I tell a joke that only I laugh at I'll say "it must be funny, 50% of the room laughed". If that isn't seen as quite funny then I don't want to know what's funny because to me that is fantastic.
 

Fat4all

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I will say this though, if I'm ever in a room with just one other person and I tell a joke that only I laugh at I'll say "it must be funny, 50% of the room laughed". If that isn't seen as quite funny then I don't want to know what's funny because to me that is fantastic.
why would you laugh after telling your own joke
 

Tophat Jones

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Oct 26, 2017
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That would basically be the default response for most people, especially in the context of Smash.

Me and my friends have a constant running gag that we’re all the best at Smash, even though it’s about as even as it can be.
 

CosmicGP

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It would only be funny if you were a significantly worse player than him, not evenly matched.
 

FUME5

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I will say this though, if I'm ever in a room with just one other person and I tell a joke that only I laugh at I'll say "it must be funny, 50% of the room laughed". If that isn't seen as quite funny then I don't want to know what's funny because to me that is fantastic.
You get 'at' and 'with' confused, don't you.