Why are INTJs so goofy? [Archive]

rwyatt365

11-14-2007, 02:25 PM

What is it about the INTJ type that makes us prone to oddball humor? (Monty Python fans raise your hand, Al Yankovich fans raise your hands, Robot Chicken fans raise your hands.)

I'm sure that I am not the only one around here that has noticed this. There have been threads and postings that have pointed this out, and several threads have gone on for days (weeks?) strictly in that vein – taking a single comment, or thought to extreme lengths. What is it about us that triggers these flights of fancy from a group that is considered to be the least prone to humor of all of the types?

Is it the desire to dazzle each other with the wittiness of our thoughts? Is it the minor Se "bustin' out" and expressing itself? Is it that we all are just a bunch of goof-balls with a captive audience?

Why are you guys so damned goofy!!

Max T

11-14-2007, 02:55 PM

I can relate to oddball humour better and therefore find it more funny than mainstream.

Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail were oddball in that they:
1. stuck two figures at authority (great INTJ stuff) and
2. stretched simple notions to extreme logical conclusions (more great INTJ stuff)- such as deciding that the airspeed velocity of two African Swallows would be insufficient for them to carry a coconut from one continent to another.

Interesting thread- standard INTJ trait descriptions don't consider our preferred humour- we're certainly not humourless!

The Rose

11-14-2007, 02:57 PM

Good question!
I love weird Al!
But I don't get British humor at all.

I think it's the "N" at work. One thought triggers another.

oceanicon

11-14-2007, 03:27 PM

*monty python fan raises hand*
it could be that this kind of humor is some kind of intj. the example of the two swallows (which I found extremely exhilarating in the film itself) has really some kind of intj humor.
the bazar-scene in the life of brian might be another great example. :D

Figmentum

11-14-2007, 03:41 PM

I like Monty Pythons grotesque humor (black knight gets limbs chopped off). And Weird Al's sickening humor. Robot chicken is a combination of both.

Then again, I find my self laughing at things not meant to be humorous. Such as 300, when the spartan gets his head chopped off... I'm the only one in the theatre laughing my ass off. lol... out of know where *SHLINK!*... head drops to the ground, and his intestines let go... lol...

Solaris

11-14-2007, 04:42 PM

*raises hand for weird al and monty python*

I **love** to laugh. I laugh by myself, I am often told my laugh is contagious, I make others laugh with the weird stuff I say. Also, I find my humor is very similar to INTJ humor, as in the same. An INTJ friend said something humorous in the car once, started explaining, stopped and was like "what I am doing?" I said "yeah, I understood" to which he said "yeah, I forget sometimes because most people are like what?? when I say something". (I just completely blew away all form there, sorry English fiends like myself).

:D

Of my many INTJ friends (really, how have I found so many in the world, and I don't mean here), they've *all* had really wacky senses of humor. Once I got to know them, I discovered that they really love laughing and being funny. Maybe it keeps xNTJs sane while we plot to take over the world.

That reminds me: Pinky and The Brain anyone?

blueback

11-14-2007, 05:47 PM

I'm gonna have to raise both hands and add a third.

I think that everyone's unique sense of humor is tied up in things that make that individual uncomfortable. Funny things are always on the edge of unacceptable, which is why people disagree on what is funny.

With respect to INTJs, and specifically myself, I think that I'm attracted to the absurd and the ironic. For example, there's this scene in The Office where Jim is using some of Dwight's stationary to fax him messages from Future Dwight. That's not the absurd thing, that is funny, but what is absurd is that Dwight buys it and goes sprinting across the office to stop Stanley from drinking the poisoned coffee.

Did anyone here find Napoleon Dynamite funny? I thought it was brilliantly hilarious but a lot of people just fell asleep watching it.

OneBadMother

11-14-2007, 07:27 PM

Yeah, it's interesting how silly my INTJ friend can get. Yesterday we had this wonderful argument over whether he should or shouldn't get a spoon every time we go to the cafeteria. It went crazy overboard, with him trying to talk about inertia and me pointing out that he was only taking into account the times he would notice that he'd need a spoon after having already sat down. The sorts of laughs over taking tiny things and taking them to the extremes that I can share with very few other people. Maybe it's an IN thing? Who knows.

The Many

11-14-2007, 07:41 PM

Once, in class, someone was talking about something that had to be done due to all the poor starving children in Africa. Needless to say, I burst out laughing so hard that everyone probably thought I was even wierder than I am...

I love laughter in general, though. In fact I'm not sure I've ever met a person I haven't managed to get laughing quite quickly, and my wit is as sarcastic as any INTJ's could possibly be.

Paul V

11-14-2007, 08:54 PM

I'm an exception. I have a completely random sense of humour. Some times, some jokes will make me laugh, some others, they won't. I think my mood has something to do with my humour. Oh, well.

deicruxified

11-14-2007, 09:58 PM

Of my many INTJ friends (really, how have I found so many in the world, and I don't mean here), they've *all* had really wacky senses of humor. Once I got to know them, I discovered that they really love laughing and being funny. Maybe it keeps xNTJs sane while we plot to take over the world.
you said it... we love to laugh and we have a sick sense of humor...

qwerty

11-14-2007, 10:08 PM

Micky mouse is on trial for killing Minnie Mouse.
The judge asks: "So why did you kill her?"
Micky replies: "Cause she was f*kin goofy"

cielo market

11-14-2007, 11:13 PM

I'm sure that I am not the only one around here that has noticed this. There have been threads and postings that have pointed this out, and several threads have gone on for days (weeks?) strictly in that vein – taking a single comment, or thought to extreme lengths.

that's because we're clever enough to keep a good banter going ;)

Tarrick

11-14-2007, 11:36 PM

INTJs tend to be goofy, because it's usually the easiest way for us to fit in socially. Clowning around both serves to break our usual cold mannerisms and also help us work our way into a social situation.

Banana.

Charlie Mc.

11-15-2007, 02:43 AM

Micky mouse is on trial for killing Minnie Mouse.
The judge asks: "So why did you kill her?"
Micky replies: "Cause she was f*kin goofy"

This literally made me laugh out loud. :thumbsup:

Darklord

11-15-2007, 05:56 AM

I **love** to laugh. I laugh by myself, I am often told my laugh is contagious, I make others laugh with the weird stuff I say. Ditto. My father says he "admires my unrestrained laugh", and claims that he instantly knows whether I'm in the room by the laugh. I also laugh when I'm alone in my room and watching or reading something funny. And sometimes, I laugh while just walking along because I thought of something funny.

My humour is also very silly and surrealistic, which usually leads to me being the only one laughing, so I have learned to find expressions of WTF amusing.

rwyatt365

11-15-2007, 08:59 AM

xtremegeek

11-15-2007, 09:08 AM

Oooh...this is a good learning thread for me. The 4 INTJs whom I know never laugh. Granted, I see them in serious settings (hospitals or church). Maybe I can learn about the INTJ funny bone here.

Do any of you like the Red Green show? or the movie Strange Brew?

Chainsaw Dundee

11-15-2007, 10:24 AM

Did somebody say my name?

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Solaris

11-15-2007, 11:47 AM

I made a banana man for an INTJ friend of mine, so this makes me laugh -- a lot -- because we then thought he should dress as a banana man for halloween. There was not enough group energy to make the costume though.

It's a long story why this banana thing with him started, so I won't bother. Just trust me, it's hilarious.

Thinking of the holidays coming up made me think of this: Has anyone else seen the Santa Clause 2? For some reason, I laugh almost the whole way through that movie. The first time I watched it, I had to pause it once and just laugh for about 5 minutes at a particular scene involving hot cocoa.

Paul V

11-15-2007, 01:31 PM

Ditto. My father says he "admires my unrestrained laugh", and claims that he instantly knows whether I'm in the room by the laugh. I also laugh when I'm alone in my room and watching or reading something funny. And sometimes, I laugh while just walking along because I thought of something funny.

My humour is also very silly and surrealistic, which usually leads to me being the only one laughing, so I have learned to find expressions of WTF amusing.

I laugh like an evil raving lunatic. I wish I had a normal laugh... :(

cielo market

11-15-2007, 06:30 PM

I laugh like an evil raving lunatic. I wish I had a normal laugh... :(

Ditto that. My siblings tell me that I frighten them when I laugh unrestrained.

AresX9

11-15-2007, 10:23 PM

My three favorite types of humor:

- Morbid
- Slap-stick (Preferred)
- Political

deicruxified

11-15-2007, 10:31 PM

I laugh like an evil raving lunatic. I wish I had a normal laugh... :(
here here... hehehe

i'm actually good at impersonating people and my entj buds enjoy this talent of mine. if we meet a new person who seems to have strangely odd mannerisms, when i'm quiet throughout the whole meeting, my buds know i will be mocking them the next time.... and one of the reasons why i'm quiet in class :D my blockmates in college were even forcing me to join the "guess the profie contest" because they find me sick at impersonating a lot of our professors especially the gay ones.... i got stage fright so i didn't join :P

PaulFrancis

11-15-2007, 11:54 PM

I am guessing it's a dominate N thing combined with T.

ENTPs totally destroy INTJs in terms of the humor thing though.

Kfbr

11-16-2007, 12:30 AM

Pffft whatever, INTJ's do everything better.

I can't be funny on demand, sometimes I'm just on a roll and can't stop. But I love sarcasm and dark humor. If you can't laugh at all the fucked up things in life what can you laugh at :D

thegnat

11-16-2007, 01:11 AM

I have absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever. None.

Tarrick

11-16-2007, 02:06 AM

Don't worry Gnat, you aren't missing anything.

Banana.

thegnat

11-16-2007, 02:11 AM

Don't worry Gnat, you aren't missing anything.

Banana.

Is there supposed to be some sort of joke here?

Or is my lack of a sense of humor missing it?

Tarrick

11-16-2007, 02:15 AM

If a tree falls in the forest, and only a deaf man is around, does it really matter if it makes a sound?

Banana.

bucolic_

11-16-2007, 02:36 AM

I have absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever. None.

You serious dawg?

LadyHuna

11-16-2007, 03:33 AM

I too have an uninhibited loud contagious laugh- and people know where I am because of it. And yeah, really f'd dark humor really gets me going. Anyone remember Black Adder? Oh man.

Rei

11-16-2007, 05:35 AM

INTJ's goofy? :suspicious:

Someone needs to visit the INTP forum...

If a tree falls in the forest, and only a deaf man is around, does it really matter if it makes a sound?

Banana.

Man Tarrick, where have you BEEN...
And... there are always more things than only a deaf man around in the forest.
Sound is not the only thing that results from the falling of a tree... it is dead, lack of photosynthesis means less CO2 being taken up and O2 being replenished... Fallen tree means loss of a habitat for various animals...

I seriously don't get why people would think it doesn't matter.

fripping

11-16-2007, 06:16 AM

you all have much too low of a tolerance for nonsense to be considered goofy in any sincere way.

Chainsaw Dundee

11-16-2007, 06:42 AM

If a tree falls in the forest, and only a deaf man is around, does it really matter if it makes a sound?

Banana.

It might if the tree lands on the deaf guy.

GOD

11-16-2007, 08:27 AM

thegnat

11-16-2007, 09:30 AM

You serious dawg?

*cough, no, cough*

um, of course!

If a tree falls in the forest, and only a deaf man is around, does it really matter if it makes a sound?

Banana.

Orange.

thanks jezebel!

Deepdelver

11-16-2007, 10:01 AM

It might if the tree lands on the deaf guy.

*laughing hard*
This is where my mind took me when I read your statement.

In the first frame, I imagined a serene setting in the forest with a deaf man smiling and enjoying the wonderment of nature. In the next frame, the tree is descending toward him and with one forceful strike he is nailed into the forest floor.

(Excuse me, I need a tissue to dry my eyes.)

Of course, this explains why I like Tom and Jerry cartoons.

P.S. Another tear jerker is a scene from the movie "So I Married An Axe Murderer."

Solaris

11-16-2007, 11:22 AM

It might if the tree lands on the deaf guy.

But then it's not the sound that matters, it's the action of the tree falling.

HarleyQuinn

11-16-2007, 10:39 PM

*laughing hard*
This is where my mind took me when I read your statement.

In the first frame, I imagined a serene setting in the forest with a deaf man smiling and enjoying the wonderment of nature. In the next frame, the tree is descending toward him and with one forceful strike he is nailed into the forest floor.

(Excuse me, I need a tissue to dry my eyes.)

Of course, this explains why I like Tom and Jerry cartoons.

P.S. Another tear jerker is a scene from the movie "So I Married An Axe Murderer."

Lord... that mental image now has me in tears. Thanks.

Solaris

11-16-2007, 10:41 PM

Lord... that mental image now has me in tears. Thanks.

You missed the NTcore (takeoff on hardcore) lyrics on IRC earlier. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. They weren't mine, so I won't post them up.

Tarrick

11-16-2007, 11:17 PM

INTJ's goofy? :suspicious:

Man Tarrick, where have you BEEN...
And... there are always more things than only a deaf man around in the forest.
Sound is not the only thing that results from the falling of a tree... it is dead, lack of photosynthesis means less CO2 being taken up and O2 being replenished... Fallen tree means loss of a habitat for various animals...

I seriously don't get why people would think it doesn't matter.

Rei, Rei, Rei...

Have you seen a decaying tree? It's teeming with life. Really.

Banana.

AresX9

11-17-2007, 02:41 AM

Rei

11-17-2007, 02:27 PM

Rei, Rei, Rei...

Have you seen a decaying tree? It's teeming with life. Really.

Banana.

EXACTLY...
Cause and effect...
conclusion: it does matter that the tree has fallen even if the deaf man is the only one present.

Now...

GRAPES!

binofhay

11-17-2007, 03:03 PM

P.S. Another tear jerker is a scene from the movie "So I Married An Axe Murderer."

I love that movie. Which scene? Hmm..so many. Is it when he's helping out Harriet in the butcher shop and goofing around with the meats and freaking out customers?

Tarrick

11-17-2007, 05:56 PM

EXACTLY...
Cause and effect...
conclusion: it does matter that the tree has fallen even if the deaf man is the only one present.

Now...

GRAPES!

Banana.

Rei

11-17-2007, 06:21 PM

Banana.

Grape.

Tarrick

11-17-2007, 08:53 PM

Grape.
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Paul V

11-17-2007, 09:12 PM

I don't find this thread amusing. WHY?????

Rei

11-17-2007, 10:52 PM

I don't find this thread amusing. WHY?????

It's supposed to be amusing?

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 05:03 AM

I don't find this thread amusing. WHY?????
Don't worry Paul. You aren't missing anything.

Banana.

Deepdelver

11-18-2007, 05:43 PM

I love that movie. Which scene? Hmm..so many. Is it when he's helping out Harriet in the butcher shop and goofing around with the meats and freaking out customers?

No, I was thinking of the scene when the family was watching the soccer game and the father tells the son (who is sitting in front of the tv) to move his head. Then the father manages an observation of his sons head and body in proportion to one another. Concluding, his son is comparable to that of an orange on a toothpick.

The visual in my head is comical!

cielo market

11-18-2007, 05:57 PM

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is waiting for someone to post an icanhascheezburger pic
*sigh* -_-;;

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 06:08 PM

is waiting for someone to post an icanhascheezburger pic
*sigh* -_-;;

/Is waiting for someone to post appropriate motivational posters. So I will:

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...Banana

cielo market

11-18-2007, 06:12 PM

/Is waiting for someone to post appropriate motivational posters. So I will:

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...Banana

You forgot the "hang in there, baby" cat!

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 06:34 PM

You forgot the "hang in there, baby" cat!

Then you post it!

Banana.

cielo market

11-18-2007, 08:13 PM

Then you post it!

Banana.

Fine! Orange.

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"Copyright 1968? Determined or not, that cat must be long dead. That's kind of a downer..."

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 08:15 PM

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Banana

cielo market

11-18-2007, 08:19 PM

D:

You had that ready the whole time, didn't you?

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Orange.

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 08:20 PM

I am an Epic Level Mastermind, with contingency plans upon contingency plans; traps and exit routes in every alley, every phone booth!

Banana

Paul V

11-18-2007, 08:26 PM

I am an Epic Level Mastermind, with contingency plans upon contingency plans; traps and exit routes in every alley, every phone booth!

Banana

You remind me of the first INTJ I met. It strains me to even think about him. So many mindgames...

cielo market

11-18-2007, 08:36 PM

I am an Epic Level Mastermind, with contingency plans upon contingency plans; traps and exit routes in every alley, every phone booth!

Banana

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HA!

orange.

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 08:42 PM

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Do we really have to go down this road?

Banana

cielo market

11-18-2007, 08:49 PM

Yes, we do.

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Tarrick

11-18-2007, 08:55 PM

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If you insist

Banana.

(Oh and you didn't say "orange")

Banana Banana Banana

cielo market

11-18-2007, 09:05 PM

(Oh and you didn't say "orange")

Banana Banana Banana

Darn it!
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ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE
D:

cielo market

11-18-2007, 09:19 PM

Okay, okay. I say we end this quarrel. Orange.

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Friends? :)

Tarrick

11-18-2007, 09:27 PM

Alright
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Orange + Banana Power unite!

Banana/Orange Hybrid!

mind_wander

11-18-2007, 09:52 PM

What about Oranges and Raspberries?

Rei

11-19-2007, 12:14 AM

is waiting for someone to post an icanhascheezburger pic
*sigh* -_-;;

oi...
I was going to
but I don't have time to go through the millions and millions of them to find an appropriate one.

You guys have WAY too much time on your hands...

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Grape.

Tarrick

11-19-2007, 12:48 AM

Rei...

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Time is perspective. And I'm too tired to do anything terribly productive.

Banana/Orange Hybrid

cielo market

11-19-2007, 02:22 AM

Santana28

11-19-2007, 03:54 AM

Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia on FX... please tell me i'm not the only one who has seen this show.

Deepdelver

11-19-2007, 11:30 AM

Lord... that mental image now has me in tears. Thanks.

It's my pleasure, HarleyQuinn.:)

rwyatt365

11-19-2007, 11:52 AM

Previous thread sequence...I rest my case.

Rei

11-19-2007, 04:09 PM

Deepdelver

11-19-2007, 11:25 PM

Is it that we all are just a bunch of goof-balls with a captive audience?

"Hey, I resemble that remark! nyuck,nyuck,nyuck." Taken from the immortal words of another goof-ball.;D

deicruxified

11-20-2007, 12:03 AM

oi...
I was going to
but I don't have time to go through the millions and millions of them to find an appropriate one.

You guys have WAY too much time on your hands...

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Grape.

i guess we're just being ourselves... calm and relaxed

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Solaris

11-20-2007, 12:04 AM

oi...
I was going to
but I don't have time to go through the millions and millions of them to find an appropriate one.

You guys have WAY too much time on your hands...

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Grape.

I LOVE IT! I think it's going up on my laptop as wallpaper.

Tarrick

11-20-2007, 12:17 AM

So you like cat pictures, do you??

Well...I have lots...but...
Must...resist...flooding!

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Banana!

elsdfr

11-22-2007, 04:43 AM

I've found that socially people get tired of my 'I don't know' or 'probably' default answers to questions that I don't have a five second answer to. So if this is the case then I thought I'll just go 'goofy' and give the best response I can think of. Then this leads to 'are you ever serious?' questions which I always want to respond to with 'well ask me a serious question' then... but I don't so the circle continues and I realise I don't have an answer to the question, if there ever was one so... watch me wiggle my eyebrows...uninteresting monologue though, don't you dare think. :\ woo new section for me.

AresX9

11-22-2007, 04:15 PM

I have LOLCats too! :D

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Rei

11-22-2007, 06:16 PM

wise

11-23-2007, 12:48 AM

I guess the heart of it is that when an inherently odd premise is taken as fact and then extrapolated to the furthest level, the absurdity of the conclusions is what is funny (i.e. sparrow's airspeed, Minnie & Goofy, "White 'N Nerdy", etc.)

I was a fan of Pinky & The Brain as well as Dexter's Laboratory. The Office (both the US and UK versions) is a real winner in my book. I'm not a fan of all Britcom's but Monty Python ranks high, as does Fawlty Towers.

Does anyone know of, or remember The Firesign Theater from the '70s? They did several comedy albums and I was a huge fan of their work. Their comedy is kinda 'stream of consciousness' but hilarious (to me).

Oh boy, am I in the minority! I'm a flip flop of this. I absolutely think Monty Python is a waste of time. The Office (and Office Space) are loathed by me. Love good British comedy, but not stupid British comedy (Keeping Up Appearances...too funny).

Then again, my wife thinks my humor is goofy.

However, I do know from previous posts, I have in common with you a love of good 70s R&B and disco. So, maybe I'm not a total reject. (I would use a smiley face at this point, but where are they?).

Wise

Hdier

11-23-2007, 12:51 AM

I laugh like an evil raving lunatic. I wish I had a normal laugh... :(

My laugh always changes...it depends on what I'm laughing at (people usually start to stare more than normal when I giggle)

Rei

11-23-2007, 01:35 AM

However, I do know from previous posts, I have in common with you a love of good 70s R&B and disco. So, maybe I'm not a total reject. (I would use a smiley face at this point, but where are they?).

Wise

You have to go to the actual reply window to get the smiles.
The button is at the top left corner of the thread box. ;)

oceanicon

11-23-2007, 03:46 AM

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elsdfr

11-23-2007, 04:17 AM

Hah! That has to be my fav one of those so far... so cruel yet funny with the comment.. so warped and wrong.. *sigh*

Deepdelver

11-23-2007, 10:47 AM

(I would use a smiley face at this point, but where are they?).

Wise

If your Message Editor Interface is set to Basic Editor then you will not have smiley faces in your text box.
Goto Quick Links
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Click on the drop down menu arrow.
Select Enhanced Interface. (it's best)
Click save changes.
:)

Tarrick

11-23-2007, 06:58 PM

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BANANA

rwyatt365

11-24-2007, 04:04 PM

Oh boy, am I in the minority! I'm a flip flop of this. I absolutely think Monty Python is a waste of time. The Office (and Office Space) are loathed by me. Love good British comedy, but not stupid British comedy (Keeping Up Appearances...too funny).

Then again, my wife thinks my humor is goofy.

However, I do know from previous posts, I have in common with you a love of good 70s R&B and disco. So, maybe I'm not a total reject. (I would use a smiley face at this point, but where are they?).

Wise
Don't despair Wise, we won't kick you out for not liking Monty Python and The Office! ;)
You have redeemed yourself with your R&B and disco love. (Bah to all you nay sayers!)

lazyhappy

11-24-2007, 05:00 PM

Did somebody say my name?

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(art museum camouflage)

that is the sexiest thing i have ever seen ;)... ye-ah!

and i don't think the word is "goofy"... i think maybe it's more like "FrEaKy"... :thumbsup:

jk. ;D

AND YOU!...

my little "good things come to those who wait" in mine and my entp sister's oppinion, that was FUCKED up :furious:

OneBadMother

11-24-2007, 10:27 PM

As much as I hate to derail the thread, I think that the silliness of INTJs is one of their most endearing traits. Their ability to be analytical and shrewd and have their act together while still playing around with silliness from time to time jives well with me.

Emma

11-25-2007, 04:41 AM

I love irony and sarcasm. Too much political correctness in humor nowadays tends to irk me.

Jane Austen or PG Wodehouse's humor always works with me.

In TV series, I am a fan of the Office (US version). It is the kind of humor that just doesn't get old and leaves me in splits. The actors remaining serious while saying sheer silliness is the main asset of this show (cf Dwight's character, probably one of the funniest).

Epicurus

11-25-2007, 06:44 AM

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11-25-2007, 04:45 PM

athenian200

11-25-2007, 08:10 PM

Well, I'm an INFJ, and I tend to like this kind of humor as well. Although I try not to laugh at it in front of people I know, I often look it up or think about it and snicker to myself privately. I think INTJ's are only more likely to express unusual kinds of humor.

Myrak

11-26-2007, 02:49 PM

Well I hate people who are in the flow of the normal social slavery since it has never proven its worth. Its hard for me to resist against a cynical or in any way kind of ironical or sarcastic way of expressing myself. Besides it does give me confidence sometimes or at least idiots to feel sick about other than myself and my superiority over most the plebs.

The same with myself laughing, I can basically laugh at anything sort of ironic whatever it is, given the right moment or wrong moment.

Hey, you stole my thoughts! :O
But yes, that's exactly what I think of the situation. Most people know me by my humour, and with pretty much everything I do, especially if it's a boring mundanity like a report or presentation, I try to slip some humourous commentary on the subject matter in there. Most people just plain don't get it, think it's offensive etc But for the people who do get it, they really enjoy it and identify me with it.

Hdier

11-26-2007, 04:59 PM

I love irony and sarcasm. Too much political correctness in humor nowadays tends to irk me.

Amen

Well I hate people who are in the flow of the normal social slavery since it has never proven its worth. Its hard for me to resist against a cynical or in any way kind of ironical or sarcastic way of expressing myself. Besides it does give me confidence sometimes or atleast idiots to feel sick about other than myself and my superiority over most the plebs.

The same with myself laughing, I can basically laugh at anything sort of ironic whatever it is, given the right moment or wrong moment.

Agreed, totally and absolutely, especially about irony. Sometimes I have a real problem when I can set up a really ironic situation that would be absolutely hilarious, but would violate my morals (which I do bend at times, but never break).

banzai

11-27-2007, 07:04 AM

Irony in all of its deepest forms always get me. I also tend to notice a lot of small details which change my perception of something enough that I find it funny.

Past that, most overt attempts at comedy I simply do not find funny.

Myrak

11-27-2007, 08:02 AM

Heh I've got quite a weird sense of humour also. I love tons of stuff mentioned in this thread, like Monty Python, The Office or Robot Chicken. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is awesome! A real hidden gem.

Anyone seen Dilbert? (the comic strips and also the TV series) I can't get enough of it, yet most others I know just can't see the humour. Also Seinfeld, that's a staple of any comedy diet. George ftw.

and how could I forget Arrested Development. My favourite TV show of all time. and Fox cancelled it, the bastards. >(((

Obsidmus

12-21-2007, 01:54 AM

Hmm good question, though I think it is because I rather enjoy making people laugh. I have a strange satisfaction when I can simply crack someone up till their sides hurt. Though I don't always show my humorus side, Aquaintances tend to get a watered down version while the closest friends tend to get the unedited version ^^

Hmm so not really sure what it is, but that's my bit.

PortInStorm

12-21-2007, 05:07 PM

I LOVE Arrested Development... what else can I say unless a person's seen it !

Santana28

12-21-2007, 05:11 PM

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is awesome! A real hidden gem.
>(((

You are my hero!

Funniest freaking show i have ever seen in my entire life. And i'm not usually a comedy fan!

BadMojo

12-27-2007, 12:47 PM

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LMAO!!! :laugh:

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Wink wink, nudge nudge... Say no more!

Doppelbock

12-28-2007, 09:55 AM

On the subject of INTJ's being goofy, here are some motivational parodies I've done lately:

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And here's one I didn't do myself, and oh I am going straight to hell for laughing at this so hard, but I can't resist putting it up here. Apologies if it offends:

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Hello? Anybody here?

:: crickets chirping ::

Yikes, was it *that* bad? Sorry I posted it!!!

DB

rwyatt365

12-28-2007, 02:02 PM

On the subject of INTJ's being goofy, here are some motivational parodies I've done lately:

Hello? Anybody here?

:: crickets chirping ::

Yikes, was it *that* bad? Sorry I posted it!!!

DB
I love it! Especially the one with Mary Ann & the Professor - she was hot!!

Zilal

12-28-2007, 06:48 PM

OMG.

When people ask about my sense of humor, I'm not sure what to respond, since I have at least three senses of humor.

One is a very internet-oriented, meme-oriented sense of playing off other people's stupid ideas. I hardly ever use this because hardly anyone understands it (or realizes it's supposed to be ironic). LOLzorz.

The second is a very stupid, base, slapstick sense of humor. I love dirty jokes but I avoid making them because women can't get away with as much of that as men. People might assume a man who cracks a lot of dirty jokes has a dirty mind, but with a woman they start to think there's something wrong with you. Or that you do these things in real life. But I do find a lot of very stupid things funny and frequently laugh at pain, especially my own. Not out of callousness, but out of amusement at how I'm carrying on when all that happened was, well, pain.

The third sense of humor I use most often, which is an extremely dry and ironic take on things. I have to be careful with this too because everyone (!) reacts to tone of voice rather than using their judgment with what I'm saying. If I say in a totally dry tone, "Oh yeah, I think the Nazis were one of the best things that ever happened to Germany," even people who've known for years how tender-hearted I am will get outraged. It's an interesting reaction in terms of communication studies but extremely frustrating. I always like to challenge people to use their heads. Anyway, I suppose I don't let myself go crazy with any of the senses of humor.

I find very few sitcoms funny. Most of them are way too predictable. I loved Whose Line is it Anyway though.

But I am definitely goofy... or silly... that's the playful side of me. I think I use it more than most INTJs and especially when I'm with kids.

Tarrick

12-29-2007, 12:41 AM

And now for your viewing amusement:

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BadMojo

12-29-2007, 06:41 PM

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At least they got the last part right :P

rwyatt365

12-29-2007, 09:14 PM

At least they got the last part right :P
...the question is "pretty what"? ;D

BadMojo

12-29-2007, 09:23 PM

...the question is "pretty what"? ;D
I'm not sure if I can write that on this forum... But I've heard that women from Pearly crave such a thing... :laugh:

I better go to bed before I get myself involved in more Monty Python.

MetalWounds

01-07-2008, 04:44 PM

Anyone else love the movie Pulp Fiction?

"I think I just shot Marvin in the face"
Cracks me up every time...

Paul V

01-08-2008, 11:38 PM

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I laughed out loud so hard. Really, I did. I'm still laughing.

The others were funny too.

BadMojo

01-09-2008, 08:08 AM

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danalaina

01-09-2008, 08:35 AM

"The Whitest Kids You Know" ftw!

seriously. i just started watching this show recently, and it's got me glued to the set every time it's on now. Timmydance. <3

Gonzo

01-09-2008, 09:05 AM

I LOVE Arrested Development... what else can I say unless a person's seen it !

Indeed :thumbsup:

Capt57

01-11-2008, 12:21 PM

This is some of my favorite funny stuff:

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Sylvanus

01-13-2008, 05:01 AM

I love ironic humor, absurd humor, offensive humor and sarcastic dry humor. Monty Python, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Weird Al and South Park all have different degrees of each, but theya re all very funny to me. I think my favorite is absurd humor, when something is just completely out of left field it makes me laugh out loud.
When I make a joke, it is almost always with a straight face, and usually people aren't sure if I was trying to be funny or not (the dumb people). About 2 years ago, I had just moved to a new city and I was hanging out with a bunch of people I barely knew. Everyone had been poking fun at my friend because he had a sunburn. I hadn't said anything yet, then I piped in "Ha ha! other people's pain is funny." Of course the dumb people thought that I was an a-hole, when the exact opposite was true.
I like sick, twisted humor too, like dead baby and rape jokes.

Aesthesis

01-16-2008, 01:33 PM

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BadMojo

01-17-2008, 10:03 PM

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Where's Chuck Norris when you really need him. He should roundhouse kick David's backside.:cheesy:

rwyatt365

01-18-2008, 07:54 AM

Where's Chuck Norris when you really need him. He should roundhouse kick David's backside.:cheesy:
How 'bout if we bring back Rick James and have him zombie bitch-slap David? :thumbsup:

BlueTopaz

01-23-2008, 01:19 AM

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DB
heh heh, I need this one for my avatar. I love it.

I love Robot Chicken, but I also love Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Don't get me started on Icanhazcheeseburger:

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Hdier

01-23-2008, 02:53 PM

Does anyone watch Yugioh: The Abridged Series by LittleKuriboh? It's hilarious!

SpasTech

01-28-2008, 04:14 PM

I'm not entirely convinced that there is a specific style of humor that is a trait of an INTJ. I've been thinking this one over and I believe that you can come to a more accurate classification by eliminating comedy styles that most INTJ's generally do not "get".

I know a lot of extroverts that love the same style of humor mentioned in this thread.

With that being said, I believe that an INTJ will find the meaning of complex humor better than the average Joe so there may be something to that aspect of this conversation. The average person wants easy to grasp comedy that requires little thinking.

I believe that it's the high that is gained after figuring out the comical meaning of a complex bit that adds to our laughter.

colmdubh

02-29-2008, 12:21 PM

TheLastMohican

02-29-2008, 12:43 PM

I love Weird Al Yankovic! I don't think my humor is that goofy overall, though. I rarely find something funny when no one else does.

interjerator

03-03-2008, 03:57 PM

I'm not goofy, I'm Pluto.

rwyatt365

03-03-2008, 04:24 PM

I'm not goofy, I'm Pluto.
Ba-dum-da! ;D

vaguely dissatisfied

03-03-2008, 06:52 PM

Nerd Alert!

BadMojo

03-04-2008, 06:49 PM

Too late, I'm already here!

SeaCzar

03-04-2008, 06:54 PM

Two cannibals kill a clown and start eating. After 5 minutes, one cannibal asks the other, "Does this taste funny"?

Sylvanus

03-05-2008, 02:49 AM

Rape isn't funny, unless you're raping a clown.

vaguely dissatisfied

03-05-2008, 10:49 AM

I love Weird Al Yankovic! I don't think my humor is that goofy overall, though. I rarely find something funny when no one else does.
Mohegan

Lucid

03-05-2008, 01:24 PM

Two cannibals kill a clown and start eating. After 5 minutes, one cannibal asks the other, "Does this taste funny"?

You're familiar with Mahatma Gandhi? Well as you may know he was a vegetarian. Something that tends to happen to vegetarians is that they suffer from chronic bad breath and their bones can become brittle if they don't get enough calcium and protein. In addition to the vegetarianism Gandhi went barefoot a lot, so he had some really thick calluses on his feet.

Because of all this, you could say that Gandhi was a super callused, fragile mystic, hexed with halitosis. ;D

(ba-dum *crash*)

vaguely dissatisfied

03-05-2008, 01:38 PM

You're familiar with Mahatma Gandhi? Well as you may know he was a vegetarian. Something that tends to happen to vegetarians is that they suffer from chronic bad breath and their bones can become brittle if they don't get enough calcium and protein. In addition to the vegetarianism Gandhi went barefoot a lot, so he had some really thick calluses on his feet.

Because of all this, you could say that Gandhi was a super callused, fragile mystic, hexed with halitosis. ;D

(ba-dum *crash*)
Groan!!!

rwyatt365

03-05-2008, 02:17 PM

The Mary Poppins Police will be at your door soon.

Lucid

03-05-2008, 04:17 PM

You guys laughed, admit it!

TheLastMohican

03-05-2008, 04:37 PM

You guys laughed, admit it!

I thought it was funny!

Lucid

03-05-2008, 05:06 PM

I thought it was funny!

Thank you :)

When I first heard that joke I laughed my ass off. Then, the next day I was walking to class and thought of it and had to struggle not to laugh out loud about it (because if you're walking down the street laughing at nothing people will look at you funny and cross to the opposite side of the street).

BadMojo

03-05-2008, 05:44 PM

Thank you :)

When I first heard that joke I laughed my ass off. Then, the next day I was walking to class and thought of it and had to struggle not to laugh out loud about it (because if you're walking down the street laughing at nothing people will look at you funny and cross to the opposite side of the street).

Quite funny... But I find it funnier that Richard Wagner was a cross dresser. :)

Lucid

03-05-2008, 05:53 PM

Quite funny... But I find it funnier that Richard Wagner was a cross dresser. :)

Kind of puts that whole "most German of men" thing in context, doesn't it?

vaguely dissatisfied

03-05-2008, 05:55 PM

Which makes me wonder why men cross dress and why it's so funny to us?

BadMojo

03-05-2008, 06:02 PM

Kind of puts that whole "most German of men" thing in context, doesn't it? Yes, Hitler was a bit of an idiot wasn't he lol.

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Wapiti

04-14-2008, 01:22 AM

Two cannibals kill a clown and start eating. After 5 minutes, one cannibal asks the other, "Does this taste funny"?

I love blurting this out at the most inappropriate times at work. I get so much pleasure from the look on peoples faces when I say this.

Uberfuhrer

04-14-2008, 01:28 AM

Sometimes I wish I was a woman...

...so I can have an abortion.

* * * * *

I'm thinking of getting a sex change...

...so that I can become a man.

AmINot

05-07-2008, 04:59 PM

is this STILL going on? :laugh:

I think thats what you'd call "the end of the line, buddy".

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DB

Tyndale or King James?

TheReal

05-07-2008, 05:03 PM

I think random humor is funny usually because it is so absurd...I can't stand most sitcoms but I liked Arrested Development, very funny show...too bad it only lasted 3 seasons...Part of NT humor is probably the idea of free-associating coming more readily
I love 'Arrested Development' and i love 'The Office'. And all the shows mention in the original post. I have a INTJ friend i think, we are very similar. I still have to get him to take a test. But when we get together in person I usually get us laughing uncontrollably within the first 10 minutes. I like laughing that much about some stupid shit that nobody else gets except us.

spittingvenom

05-07-2008, 05:35 PM

If any of you bastards are as debased as I am and laughed your ass off at the terry shiavo rape poster, you have to see Wonder Showzen. Its one of those shows in which you are constantly agape at the audacity....love it.

Its cancelled but available on DVD. I highly recommend season 1's Nature or Patience and season 2's Science: watch Sthugar marry Wordsworth's physical manifestation of his inner rage so she can stay sad the rest of her life....brilliant.

Oh and I agree with Arrested Development, Monty Python, Always Sunny...etc....get with the times, though, and please see Wonder Showzen. You will thank me.

Solaris

05-10-2008, 01:07 PM

The Mary Poppins Police will be at your door soon.

Please describe this force to me, I am curious. Ok, really, I just want to see if my mental image is as funny as yours.

Lucid, I'm with you on trying to not laugh randomly while walking down the street. Somehow thegnat telling me about getting whaled in the eye with a tennis ball from another court, while looking for a tennis ball on her court makes me laugh every time I think of it. I think it's so funny because it's just the sort of thing that would happen to me if I played tennis.

sriv

05-10-2008, 01:36 PM

Would is be accurate to say that an INTJ's N is the only thing that makes him/her goofy?

gogurtdynasty

05-10-2008, 02:15 PM

I hate Al... he makes me want to blow my head off

Same with robot chicken

but monty python is the shit "HE'S NOT THE MESSIAH HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY!!!!!"

jonty

05-10-2008, 04:28 PM

does anyone know the personality types of the monty pythons just out of interest or any of the other creators/comedians mentioned

BadMojo

05-11-2008, 10:18 PM

SAY NO MOOOORE!! Nudge nugde, know what I mean, nudge nugde, snap snap, grin grin... is she into sports... know what I mean, know what I mean... Wink wink, nudge nudge....

PERLY!....

errrzarrr

05-11-2008, 11:28 PM

sh*t! what a image! yuck! :S

rwyatt365

05-12-2008, 04:29 PM

Mary Poppins Police = a brigade of ssharp-featured British nannies - all dressed in black. Their hair is slicked back and parted down the middle, but you can't tell that because of the "very proper" bonnet topping their coiffeur. Each one carries a (black, of course) umbrella - always open - which is the primary mode of transport. There are two divisions of MPP; the happy, good ones and the stern, bad ones (convenient for good cop / bad cop exercises).

Good MPP always have a song in their hearts and a perpetual smile on their faces. Combined with their ample bosoms, they are a respite for sleepy children and excitable young men. Bad MPP are typically razor-thin and have a continual scowl. Their forte is to reign terror and unmitigated discipline within a 200m radius.

tenspot

05-12-2008, 07:00 PM

I love Tom and Jerry and Monty Python and the Bugs Bunny cartoons when he was jackin up Porky Pig. My parents were worried about me at a very young age. I always laugh at the inapproprite times during the movie, like when someone is beheaded, maimed or run over.....hahaha......ooops sorry.
Anyway who gives a @#$t.....if you cant live sarcastically.....you aint livin..