No, I am not not a pathological liar.

No, I do not make a habit of lying for fun.

Yes, saying things like, “the sky looks so green today” in a really serious tone is hilarious.

Or if someone asks, “will you hand me that?” and I say “no” as I’m handing it to them. Very funny.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    No, they aren't funny. Only a iron commitment to constant serious truth is appropriate for Marxist-Leninists. We must all do our very best to excise lies, fiction and humour from the world. All people in possession of Terry Pratchet novels will be sent to the gulag. Stalin will be denounced as revisionist due to the deeply unserious action of being a published poet. Marx will be disavowed after his blatantly untrue claim that he was going to pay Engles back for rescuing his pants.

  • Flinch [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I think it's funny to tell people I believe in flat earth theories. I don't, obviously, but they don't know that, and it's funny seeing how far I can push it. My favorites are "the globe model was invented by globe companies to sell more globes", and "the sky is a projection by NASA to keep us from seeing the face of God".

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I knew a guy in high school that did this to me, I fell for it for a long time because I'm not very good at telling when people are lying to me. Wild twist ending though, the guy ended up turning into a neo nazi years after we graduated.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      "you don't have to tell me the moon landing was faked, you obviously can't land on a hologram"

    • Rom [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      "Birds aren't real, they're all government surveillance drones" is my favorite one. Why do you think they perch on power lines all the time? It's so they can recharge, obviously.

      I remember one January we had a government shutdown and I explained how all the birds being gone was clearly due to the shutdown.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    1 year ago

    Somewhat on the same note, when someone sneezes i sometimes say "shut up." It's really funny to me, but I gotta know you first.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Or if someone asks, “will you hand me that?” and I say “no” as I’m handing it to them. Very funny.

    I do stuff like this often with people I know well. If they're in on it, yes it's pretty funny.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I've heard humor defined as something like abruptly upsetting the status quo in a shocking way, so this checks out.

  • Poogona [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Naked absurdity is funny and therefore saying evidently untrue things to someone who knows you aren't a liar makes for the funny

    Sadly this is also the comedic realm that someone like Sam Hyde lurks in

  • LaughingLion [any, any]
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    1 year ago

    "Israel is just defending itself."

    Naw, doesn't really hit the funny bone.

  • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    No that’s not neurodivergent, you’re just a funny person with the ability to parlay the absurd into a laugh.