INTP humor

[SpaceYeti]

Something I frequently do, which I didn't even really notice until my wife pointed it out, is make fun of the things signs say. Upon seeing a big utility truck with a sign on the back that said "this vehicle sometimes moves in reverse" (or some warning similar to that), I pointed it out to my wife, who was driving, and said "Be careful! Unlike other vehicles, that one goes backwards sometimes!"

This is a kind of thing I do frequently find funny; Warning signs that are somewhere between totally useless and patently obvious. Like how fireworks have warnings saying they're flammable, which is probably one of my favorites.

What sort of INTP humor humors you?

 

[TheScornedReflex]

Things like this crack me up. Or going against the norm. Things that shock. You know, funny stuff.

Oh, oh, oh, and making fun of my INTJ friend. Eat that Te, Ni!

 

[SpaceYeti]

I do love sparring with my INTJ homie back home. I need to visit him next time I'm on leave, I haven't seen him in... I dunno... a year?

 

[TheScornedReflex]

Every INTP should have one, and only one, INTJ friend. Anymore would be to much hassle. But they do other some funny situations.

 

[Hayyel]

I also have an intj friend and she can be hilarious. Sometimes when we see something that's pretty normal nowadays we would talk about how people of the past would react to it... like so many half-clad peope parading not only on tv but also on the streets.

 

[SpaceYeti]

I also have an intj friend and she can be hilarious. Sometimes when we see something that's pretty normal nowadays we would talk about how people of the past would react to it... like so many half-clad peope parading not only on tv but also on the streets.

Something that intrigues me is short shorts which some booty cheek is visible in... and not just because it's sexy. I'm curious if the girl knows she looks kind of slutty, and I wonder if it's what she's going for, or if it's just hot out and she lacks inhibitions. I mean, it covers more than many bikinis, but it still seems like actual pants should cover booty cheeks, too.

 

[Hayyel]

Those girls just want to be the center of attention, in my opinion :-)

 

[SpaceYeti]

Those girls just want to be the center of attention, in my opinion :-)

That's fine. I don't mind!

 

[Hayyel]

That's fine. I don't mind!

Until your daughter grows up :-P

 

[SpaceYeti]

Until your daughter grows up :-P

NEVER!!!!!!

 

[sammael]

Something that intrigues me is short shorts which some booty cheek is visible in... and not just because it's sexy. I'm curious if the girl knows she looks kind of slutty, and I wonder if it's what she's going for, or if it's just hot out and she lacks inhibitions. I mean, it covers more than many bikinis, but it still seems like actual pants should cover booty cheeks, too.

I've always been curious about that too, to what degree do they realise how they come across in that type of clothing. From what I've observed it seems more common that it's unintentional, there tends to be a sort of naivety about it all. I find it amusing the way Dave Chapelle puts it...

The girl says "Oh uh-uh, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a whore!" Which is true. Gentlemen, that is true. Just because they dress a certain way doesn't mean they are a certain way. Don't ever forget it. But ladies, you must understand that is fucking confusing. It just is. Now that would be like me, Dave Chappelle, the comedian, walking down the street in a cop uniform. Somebody might run up on me, saying, "Oh, thank God. Officer, help us! Come on. They're over here. Help us!" "Oh-hoh! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a police officer!" See what I mean? All right, ladies, fine. You are not a whore. But you are wearing a whore's uniform.

This is a kind of thing I do frequently find funny; Warning signs that are somewhere between totally useless and patently obvious.

Heh... Yeah this gets me too. I saw a no swimming sign at a dam once, where the water was coming over and churning around really rough, that I couldn't stop laughing at. Ditto at a pool full of crocodiles. I typically find wtf type situations very amusing, and often I can't help from laughing out loud at things that are generally considered not appropriate to laugh at. I also do that recollect something funny and randomly start smiling like a fool a lot too.

 

[SpaceYeti]

I've always been curious about that too, to what degree do they realise how they come across in that type of clothing. From what I've observed it seems more common that it's unintentional, there tends to be a sort of naivety about it all. I find it amusing the way Dave Chapelle puts it...

The thing is, I really like it. It's sexy, flirty, teasy, and I would totally date a chick who dressed that way. I can respect a woman who likes to show off how good she looks, so long as she isn't doing it just for the attention. Attention whores suck, but chicks who are proud and lack inhibitions are great.

Heh... Yeah this gets me too. I saw a no swimming sign at a dam once, where the water was coming over and churning around really rough, that I couldn't stop laughing at. Ditto at a pool full of crocodiles. I typically find wtf type situations very amusing, and often I can't help from laughing out loud at things that are generally considered not appropriate to laugh at. I also do that recollect something funny and randomly start smiling like a fool a lot too.

I like pools where the deep end is 3.5 feet and they still need no diving signs. I mean, really, if someone wants to dive into a 3.5 foot pool, I say let them suffer the consequences. Then, I'm not the guy who has to clean up the pool, and I wouldn't want the pool closed for a while just because some ass decided to be a moron.

 

[Hadoblado]

Merging words, non-sexual innuendos, dysphemisms; I get a kick out of word play.

 

[Duxwing]

I love taking the mundane and elevating it to the awesome and the absurd. For example, the imperative, "Close the door".

Close it with what, and to what degree? I can close the door if ever so slightly--just a fraction of a millimeter--or I can close it completely, shutting its latch. I can also close it more securely, putting a barricade behind it, or I can act in the spirit of the imperative and wall off the previously vulnerable area altogether with concrete, rebar, and several machine gun nests overlooking the position, fronted by mines and barbed wire. I could even erect a small redoubt and hire a platoon--no! a company!--of mercenaries to staff it. Miniguns, rocket launchers, armored personnel carriers: nothing is getting through that door. I guarantee it.

What's that, you say? Too expensive? OK. Let's go the other way and destroy the door altogether. Now to destroy it completely--to truly annihilate it, removing from existence--we will need an amount of antimatter of a mass equal to that of the door. We'll need to call CERN to get the antimatter and the IAEA to check our safety precauations. To the latter end, we'll need a desert or a crowded city full of people whom we don't like. It matters not. Once there, we will introduce the door and antimatter and flee in a van as the surrounding miles of earth are obliterated by the ensuing explosion.

Perhaps the best example of INTP humor would be the webcomic "xkcd," a place full of sarcasm, romance, language, and math:

http://www.xkcd.com/

It uses every brand of humor mentioned here, so I suspect that its author is an INTP himself.

-Duxwing

 

[SpaceYeti]

Merging words

That's another one my wife pointed out I do a lot. Word mergers are one of my favorite things to do even when not funny. If two words share the same sound in the middle and I'm saying them one after the other, you can bet I'll follow with a merge of them. I even merge my rank and last name due to the similar middle piece.

I love taking the mundane and elevating it to the awesome and the absurd. For example, the imperative, "Close the door".

Close it with what, and to what degree? I can close the door if ever so slightly--just a fraction of a millimeter--or I can close it completely, shutting its latch. I can also close it more securely, putting a barricade behind it, or I can act in the spirit of the imperative and wall off the previously vulnerable area altogether with concrete, rebar, and several machine gun nests overlooking the position, fronted by mines and barbed wire. I could even erect a small redoubt and hire a platoon--no! a company!--of mercenaries to staff it. Miniguns, rocket launchers, armored personnel carriers: nothing is getting through that door. I guarantee it.

What's that, you say? Too expensive? OK. Let's go the other way and destroy the door altogether. Now to destroy it completely--to truly annihilate it, removing from existence--we will need an amount of antimatter of a mass equal to that of the door. We'll need to call CERN to get the antimatter and the IAEA to check our safety precauations. To the latter end, we'll need a desert or a crowded city full of people whom we don't like. It matters not. Once there, we will introduce the door and antimatter and flee in a van as the surrounding miles of earth are obliterated by the ensuing explosion.

Perhaps the best example of INTP humor would be the webcomic "xkcd," a place full of sarcasm, romance, language, and math:

http://www.xkcd.com/

It uses every brand of humor mentioned here, so I suspect that its author is an INTP himself.

-Duxwing

I actually like to do the opposite of what you say. I generally don't have an audience that would appreciate the waste of time or amount of sarcasm required for your shtick, so I like to deliver extraordinary as mundane, though I don't think it amuses anyone but me.

Also, I heart xkcd.

 

[Cognisant]

My Dad and I play the number plate game, basically you pretend the letters on a number plate are an acronym and make short sentences from them, it's even better if you can do this with several cars in a row and tell funny stories.

 

[Happy]

My Dad and I play the number plate game, basically you pretend the letters on a number plate are an acronym and make short sentences from them, it's even better if you can do this with several cars in a row and tell funny stories.

This is the best. I play it with my INTJ housemate all the time and it always gets out of control.
Another good one is looking at people on the street and trying to guess their name.

 

[Cognisant]

This is the best. I play it with my INTJ housemate all the time and it always gets out of control.

*starts playing the number plate game*

*wakes up in Vegas*

 

[neodarkstar]

Things like this crack me up. Or going against the norm. Things that shock. You know, funny stuff.

Oh, oh, oh, and making fun of my INTJ friend. Eat that Te, Ni!

i have to say it te ni is ENTJ -_- fact ninja away!!!!

 

[Duxwing]

That's another one my wife pointed out I do a lot. Word mergers are one of my favorite things to do even when not funny. If two words share the same sound in the middle and I'm saying them one after the other, you can bet I'll follow with a merge of them. I even merge my rank and last name due to the similar middle piece.

What are your rank and MOS?

I actually like to do the opposite of what you say. I generally don't have an audience that would appreciate the waste of time or amount of sarcasm required for your shtick, so I like to deliver extraordinary as mundane, though I don't think it amuses anyone but me.

Also, I heart xkcd.

Ouch!

-Duxwing

 

[Cherry Cola]

can you guys do spontaneous doll theater with your hands or some randoms objects? That usually cracks me up if the person doing has the right intp-detachment

 

[Brontosaurie]

anything that isn't really funny and needs some special care, consolation and appreciation tends to be funny to me. in both ways.

 

[Architect]

The humor I give is dry, brilliant, faintly disparaging and sharp. Like a slap on the face you're not expecting. When people have enough wit to get my jokes they love it.

The only thing that'll give me a real laugh - or a belly laugh - is the worst slapstick and grossest humor.

 

[SpaceYeti]

What are your rank and MOS?

Hint; The merger is "Specialiski"

Also; Fueler.

Ouch!

Um... Take that? What hurt?

can you guys do spontaneous doll theater with your hands or some randoms objects? That usually cracks me up if the person doing has the right intp-detachment

I'm a fan of shadow-puppets. My favorite is doing a T-Rex and making fun of the teeny-tiny arms.

The humor I give is dry, brilliant, faintly disparaging and sharp. Like a slap on the face you're not expecting. When people have enough wit to get my jokes they love it.

Yes, dry is fantastic.

The only thing that'll give me a real laugh - or a belly laugh - is the worst slapstick and grossest humor.

I dunno. Slapstick is funny, but there has to be more than just dudes hitting eachother. Dodgeball, for example, I would consider good slapstick.

 

[Duxwing]

What are your rank and MOS?

Hint; The merger is "Specialiski"

Also; Fueler.

Ah, so you fuel vehicles and your last name ends with "ialiski".

Um... Take that? What hurt?

You called my humor a waste of time. I really wasn't expecting that.

I'm a fan of shadow-puppets. My favorite is doing a T-Rex and making fun of the teeny-tiny arms.

How do you do that? Also, fun fact: those "teeny-tiny arms" would outweigh you by about a factor of three. Each. O.O

Yes, dry is fantastic.

No. Really?

I dunno. Slapstick is funny, but there has to be more than just dudes hitting eachother. Dodgeball, for example, I would consider good slapstick.

Slapstick always makes me think "Are you not entertained?"

-Duxwing

 

[TheScornedReflex]

i have to say it te ni is ENTJ -_- fact ninja away!!!!

I know one of them as well, though not as fun as a Ni, Te. You happy now !

 

[SpaceYeti]

Ah, so you fuel vehicles and your last name ends with "ialiski".

I don't like people making that claim about my MOS. I do not fuel vehicles. I provide fuel, then hand that vehicle's operator the nozzle. I'm more of an 88Mike that drives fuelers crossed with a safety officer. I make sure things don't happen such that fuel spills, and I stay by the fueler to make sure I can stop that stuff. Also, I make sure the fueler's operating properly. Also, I'm in charge of our company's samples getting to the lab.

You called my humor a waste of time. I really wasn't expecting that.

Any humor your audience wouldn't appreciate is a waste of time, and I said that within the context of lacking an audience who would appreciate it. It's nothing against your humor, I simply don't personally know anyone else who would appreciate it.

How do you do that? Also, fun fact: those "teeny-tiny arms" would outweigh you by about a factor of three. Each. O.O

I'm fully aware of this. Their arms were actually quite strong, and good at tearing things apart, but making fun of them is... fun.

Slapstick always makes me think "Are you not entertained?"

-Duxwing

Like I said, it, like any humor, has to be delivered properly. A couple guys just hitting each-other in silly ways isn't all that funny to me, but someone who's training to play dodgeball getting hit in the face with a wrench because his trainer is too tough and perhaps lost touch with reality is comedy gold.

 

[Duxwing]

I don't like people making that claim about my MOS.

I didn't say that you poured the fuel in. I said that you fueled vehicles.

I do not fuel vehicles. I provide fuel, then hand that vehicle's operator the nozzle.

Is this an "I'm not a soldier, I'm a Marine" sort of thing?

I'm more of an 88Mike that drives fuelers crossed with a safety officer. I make sure things don't happen such that fuel spills, and I stay by the fueler to make sure I can stop that stuff. Also, I make sure the fueler's operating properly. Also, I'm in charge of our company's samples getting to the lab.

Forgive me if I step on any toes or misuse military terminology:

You seem quite smart. How did you end up in fueling--as opposed to, say, quartermastery or signals?

Any humor your audience wouldn't appreciate is a waste of time, and I said that within the context of lacking an audience who would appreciate it. It's nothing against your humor, I simply don't personally know anyone else who would appreciate it.

Oh! I thought that you were saying, "Your humor is a waste of time and nobody would appreciate it". Now I understand, "Your humor is a waste of time to those who do not appreciate it." Thanks.

I'm fully aware of this. Their arms were actually quite strong, and good at tearing things apart, but making fun of them is... fun.

They do seem very much out of proportion.

Like I said, it, like any humor, has to be delivered properly. A couple guys just hitting each-other in silly ways isn't all that funny to me, but someone who's training to play dodgeball getting hit in the face with a wrench because his trainer is too tough and perhaps lost touch with reality is comedy gold.

In that vein, try watching September 11 videos with Yakkety Sax playing in the background. That music can, in the words of TV Tropes, "inject relentless levity into any scene".

-Duxwing

 

[Trebuchet]

I think it's funny to say ordinary things in the manner of a super-villain.

"No one can stop me now. I have only to add half a cup of olive oil, and my salad dressing will be complete. (Bwahaha.) At last, my plans are coming to fruition! Dinner shall be served!!!"

 

[SpaceYeti]

I didn't say that you poured the fuel in. I said that you fueled vehicles.

I provide fuel to vehicle, yes.

Is this an "I'm not a soldier, I'm a Marine" sort of thing?

Maybe? I am a soldier, though.

Forgive me if I step on any toes or misuse military terminology:

You seem quite smart. How did you end up in fueling--as opposed to, say, quartermastery or signals?

I technically am quartermaster, but I'm not in any sort of intelligence because of my horrible credit upon joining. My credit is now fixed, and my next MOS (assuming I reenlist) will probably be in intelligence.

In that vein, try watching September 11 videos with Yakkety Sax playing in the background. That music can, in the words of TV Tropes, "inject relentless levity into any scene".

-Duxwing

Funtastic!

 

[Duxwing]

I provide fuel to vehicle, yes.

Maybe? I am a soldier, though.

Are you a Marine?

I technically am quartermaster,

Oh, good for you. Another... bit of cloth on your... other bit of cloth.

but I'm not in any sort of intelligence because of my horrible credit upon joining.

Why do you need good a good credit score to be in intelligence?

My credit is now fixed, and my next MOS (assuming I reenlist) will probably be in intelligence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4

Funtastic!

The funniest part is the plane hitting the building. Yakkety Sax makes it seem like an absurd disaster.

-Duxwing

 

[SpaceYeti]

Are you a Marine?

No, I'm a soldier. Break-down;

Army = Soldier
Marines = Marine
Navy = Seaman
Airforce = Airman

It varies slightly with higher ranks, but calling someone in their branch one of those things is more likely correct than incorrect.

Oh, good for you. Another... bit of cloth on your... other bit of cloth.

Meh, everyone is in some job-type or another, mine just happens to be quartermaster. It does effect which shiny thing I put on my ASUs, but everyone gets a shiny thing of some kind anyhow, so it's really not that important.

Why do you need good a good credit score to be in intelligence?

For a security clearance. Having a bunch of debt you need to pay off makes you more likely to spill information in exchange for money, or something.

The funniest part is the plane hitting the building. Yakkety Sax makes it seem like an absurd disaster.

-Duxwing

I imagine.

 

[BigApplePi]

I'm not letting Duxwing anywhere near my doors. I'd never get them open again.

 

[Duxwing]

No, I'm a soldier. Break-down;

Army = Soldier
Marines = Marine
Navy = Seaman
Airforce = Airman

It varies slightly with higher ranks, but calling someone in their branch one of those things is more likely correct than incorrect.

Ah, OK. Indeed, officer ranks are more complicated. Here's my (hopefully humorous) breakdown of the officer ranks based on stationing:

South Korea: Chairman
Afghanistan: Caliph
Germany: Oberseer
Britain: Knight
France: King
Italy: Emperor
...

Meh, everyone is in some job-type or another, mine just happens to be quartermaster. It does effect which shiny thing I put on my ASUs, but everyone gets a shiny thing of some kind anyhow, so it's really not that important.

"Now now, troops, don't have a breakdown. Everyone gets a shiny."

By the way, how do the patches get attached to the ASU?

For a security clearance. Having a bunch of debt you need to pay off makes you more likely to spill information in exchange for money, or something.

Oh, that makes sense. But you also have a wife and kid(s?) so wouldn't that eliminate you as a canditate on the grounds that they could be kidnapped?

I imagine.

You sound oddly grown up all of a sudden.

-Duxwing

 

[SpaceYeti]

"Now now, troops, don't have a breakdown. Everyone gets a shiny."

By the way, how do the patches get attached to the ASU?

They're pins. Basically everything you put on ASUs are pin on, or attach to a larger pin-on contraption (ribbons specifically), so you actually put holes in your uniform through which you fasten it on with a thingy that latches onto the back of the pins. Except for service stripes and rank, which are sewn onto the some part of the sleeves.

Oh, that makes sense. But you also have a wife and kid(s?) so wouldn't that eliminate you as a canditate on the grounds that they could be kidnapped?

No. Requiring money to take care of your kids is also a motivation to do things. A stronger one, in fact. Also, I wasn't married when I joined.

You sound oddly grown up all of a sudden.

-Duxwing

Oops!

 

[defghi]

I like to respond to situations as if I were a fictional character, preferably a super hero. For example, right now I'm reading Sherlock Holmes, so I'll find a way to turn a normal situation into a detective mystery that requires my talents. That's fun but not really funny, but then when you re-reference it later on it's actually funny. I think.

 

[Starswirl]

Something I frequently do, which I didn't even really notice until my wife pointed it out, is make fun of the things signs say. Upon seeing a big utility truck with a sign on the back that said "this vehicle sometimes moves in reverse" (or some warning similar to that), I pointed it out to my wife, who was driving, and said "Be careful! Unlike other vehicles, that one goes backwards sometimes!"

This is a kind of thing I do frequently find funny; Warning signs that are somewhere between totally useless and patently obvious. Like how fireworks have warnings saying they're flammable, which is probably one of my favorites.

On an airplane flight I once got a bag of peanuts that was labelled "WARNING: Produced in a facility that packages nuts."

Ya don't say.

 

[walfin]

On an airplane flight I once got a bag of peanuts that was labelled "WARNING: Produced in a facility that packages nuts."

Ya don't say.

Lol!

Excessive litigation truly advances society.

 

[Hayyel]

Back to the humor part...

A few videos I find informative, entertaining and also funny:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5pidokakU4I

Stephen Lynch:

Spoiler

http://youtu.be/haOys7E2Zbo

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766FaHHKoE0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX7_OMBaUcQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpWB_ZiFy-Q

And so on...

Russel Peters:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJSO2TlEQU

etc.

Apparently I can recognize humor and I can laugh at things people generally think is offensive