JCC Census Do you fake it...

So, do you "fake it"...when a friend shows you a "hilarious" tweet/vid/etc. that you don't find even remotely amusing?

I'm talking about when it happens in person (like when a friend shows you something on their phone), though I would also be interested in hearing responses relating to when a friend texts or otherwise individually messages you a vid/tweet, etc.

Also to clarify: I'm not talking about something you would find offensive in some way (like a racist joke, etc.). I just mean something that is clearly meant to be amusing that you don't find funny.

 

I'm not a fake person so I tell the person that I didn't enjoy it. Maybe I'll make a joke or give a bland response, but normally I'm honest.

 

Depends on the person. If it's a close friend who I'm comfortable with, I'd be honest and say, "That was dumb." If it was somebodyI had a superficial friendship with, I'd be polite and muster a giggle.

 

They’re dead to me.

My great grandmother pulled this six years ago. The meme was not funny. It also took three minutes for her to find the meme on her phone.

Obviously thats the last contact we had. Just writing this reopens the wound afresh. It makes me wish I could return the kidney she gave me.

 

lol, I put the last two poll options in just for the JCC.

I think I'm growing

 

You say that, yet nowhere on the poll can I find the “Tearfully pull out my gun and put them out of their misery” option.

 

c'mon, baby steps...

 

I never participate in their enthusiasm. I can at most make a little smile and half a nodding, that's the best I can give.

But also, if they show me a tweet in person it means they were staying at their phone while being in my company, which is already like starting with the wrong foot.

 

I think it depends on who the friend is. I have some really intelligent friends, so if they post a joke on their FB page and I simply don't get the joke, I might be too embarrassed to ask them to explain it to me so I just go along with it and move on.

 

well I agree that would definitely be rude, though the example of I was thinking of was where my friend and I were talking, and something that was said reminded her of the video, so then she went to get her phone to show me...

This situation actually happens on a fairly regular basis with a particular friend though more often, she's messaging me these types of things, which is easier to respond to as one can just respond with a "lol" or an emoji...

 

Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

If it's dumb It'd recommend the emoji with the single droplet and the hopeless face, whereas if it's dumb yet still funny the single droplet over the laughing face, and the double droplet and the exhilarating face only if it's a legit solid hilarious tweet.

 

That's totally wrong. You're supposed to go get your katana. Are you new around here or what?

 

I sincerely thought "where's he gonna get a gun in Prague".

 

The Vltava, obviously.

 

“Listen buddy, I have a really great meme to show you too. It’s back here behind the shed.” *fighting back tears* “yeah it’s really funny. Really funny.”

 

I try to fake some enthusiasm. Apparently I'm the polite JCCer.

Rethink all the likes I've given you people.

 

I'm usually the one on the opposite end of this dilemma, cackling at something my friends think is not funny at all. To share from that perspective, I don't really mind if others don't find it amusing, as long as they'll tolerate my pleasure.

 

same as Wocky

 

well, by that standard, I'm a "fake person." I totally get where you're coming from, though, and I admire your ability to be honest in these types of situations. But I'm always worried about hurting the other person's feelings or making them feel embarrassed, so I usually try to muster at least a small chuckle or smile, but then my worry shifts to concern that the person will see through me and realize I'm just faking it. And I take sort of the opposite of @harpua 's approach in that I am almost more inclined to fake it (or to fake it more strongly) when it's a closer friend, because I'm even more worried about making them feel uncomfortable as compared to superficial acquaintances.

(yeah, I know, I worry too much...kinda my m.o. in a lot of ways, unfortunately!)

But then I purge my worries by telling hubby the anecdote and showing him the content so that I can revel in our shared disdain of it

 

there's a difference between being fake and validating someone's feelings (not that you have to). sometimes it's good to see how the other person might find it funny.

... I also hate a phone being shoved in my face, ever, tho, so...

 

Yeah, I show people fishing pics all the time knowing full well nobody cares. I appreciate that they pretend to though.

 

I'll do this every now & then with a good friend who sends an endless of Instagram reels of random food, and animal things; for everyone that's okay, the rest are forgettable. Needs to end at some point!