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Laughing at an inside joke (that you don't know about)
Laughing is the best therapy. If you laugh hard enough it can also be a workout. And if you laugh harder-er, it can even induce vomiting for those occasions when you swallow something poisonous and the label says it is ok to do so.
That's weird humor.
There are certain moments when you absolutely shouldn't laugh, otherwise you are jerk and you suck.
Moments When You Should Not Laugh
- When old people fall down in a comical manner, or when they fart.
- At an elevator (just shut up and look at the numbers), or during that silent moment before the movie comes on at the movie theater. Pretty much everywhere when silence is expected of you.
- When a police officer is asking you stuff when you get pulled over.
- When someone is really angry. Like when you piss off your mom.
- When your girlfriend is frustrated over something you did and mentions the phrase “…taking/take me seriously”
- When you didn't hear what a person said and don't want to ask them to repeat themselves so you assume they said a joke. It may not be a joke.
By far, one of the most awkward laughing moments comes from when you are with a few people and they say a joke to each other and they all laugh so you feel like you should also laugh… Only to later find out that it was an inside joke and there is no way that you could've gotten it anyway. If the people are nice, they may explain it to you. If they're mean they may ask you if you get it and put you on the spot to try to explain it. That's pretty messed up.
Have you ever laughed when you weren't supposed to do so?
Calling your boyfriend/girlfriend by an ex's name
lalalalala..
Conversation is going smoothly. Lalala.. wait for it..
Boom!
Wait, let me do that again:
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1!1!!
It just slipped out, you said it.
Sometimes I wonder about those women who change boyfriends all the time, I mean how do they keep track of their names and such? How do they remember the guy’s favorite color or his favorite food? How do they not get names confused?
One of the posts that got Freshly Pressed on here — *applause* ..oh, thanks guys! ..*you guys are still applauding* thank you, thank you! *you guys don’t calm down* [barely audible: thank you guys, really] *applause* Thanks! *applause fades* … So what was I saying? Ah yes, the Freshly Pressed post —*applause*
Ok! Guys, seriously!
The freshly pressed post was titled “Forgetting someone’s name“, and even though it wasn’t that great or anything, it shows that this stuff is pretty common. When someone calls you by name, and you can’t remember their name, it makes the whole thing uncomfortable. The thing here is a little different though, you didn’t forget their name, you actually remembered someone else’s instead of their own.
I’ve been called Mike, Edgar, and even Hen. Every single one of those times, I just pretended I didn’t hear it. They noticed. And I let them simmer in the awkwardness.
And the same has happened the other way around. I made an interesting discovery: people will not usually call your attention to it. Though I am sure you can think of that one person that is not afraid of causing drama and will say “What did you just call me?”
In relationships though, things are a little different. It seems like even the simple things, such as farting, become a huge deal. Even liking or commenting on someone else’s photos can get you in trouble.
Things can get pretty crazy if you get the name wrong, just sayin’.
Well maybe that is a little extreme, but people get mad and feelings get hurt through that honest mistake.
Be careful. But don’t think about it too much because then you’re going to do it and then blame me for it. I don’t want that.
Have you ever been in an uncomfortable situation like that with your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Let’s keep it PG-Rated 13. With just a splish splash of R.
Hahaha, kidding, jeez.
Related articles
- Rent a Boyfriend/Girlfriend for Valentine’s Day! (starpittsburgh.cbslocal.com)
- In Defense of the Bitchy New Girlfriend (jezebel.com)
- 7 Things to do when things get awkward (awkwardlist.com) and hey look it’s our friend again!
7 Things To Do When Things Get Awkward
What to do when confronted by an awkward moment:
You can be the most normal person in the world, but awkward moments can and will still happen to you. What you do afterwards can either make the situation better or more awkward. Let’s look at some good tips to follow when under these situations. In order to enhance your experience, please play the following song while reading this post.
Are you playing it? It’s the Benny Hill theme song. Oh yeah. Without further ado, let us begin.
Hug it out.
Handshake, high five, hug, slap? If there is any confusion about what’s gonna happen, just grab the person and embrace the crap out of them.
Mentally cuss out the person who did this to you.
Jerk.
Make the other person look like the jerk.
You’re going to give me a high five whether you like it or not!
Know when to walk away.
Sometimes there is no pocket.
Blow a kiss.
Even if she’s turning around.
Use your imagination.
Anything can happen.
Own it.
Go big or go home.
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