Ah, science. Focusing on all the important things.
Most folks probably saw the new study that came out recently, answering a very vital question: how much do some people "exaggerate" about themselves? (Careful...... definitely, kind of, semi-NSFW......) Here's the real size of the wave.
So many jokes to be made..... and, certainly, a few more people pulling out rulers, tape measures, (yardsticks? Whoa......), or, in some cases, micrometers in order to see where on the charts they fall. (And no, there is no truth to the rumor that I'm investing in a CMM or OMM for this purpose, for those in the trade.)
But, alas, there is something else that I'm guessing people of both sexes over-rate, far more than the, ahem, "unit" of measure.
It's far more tragic, and sadly, a more awkward situation. Look around, because you see it every day. I even fall prey to it.
This tragedy? Simple: nobody is as funny as they think they are.
I mean, I'm hilarious..... it's your fault if you don't understand that I'm ridiculously funny. Right?
But in all seriousness - for those with a more advanced sense of humor, what is the graceful way to react when a spectacularly unfunny person offers a spectacularly unfunny comment or idea which they feel is side-splitting?
Happens to me all the time. Not sure what makes me a magnet for it, but that seems to be the case. Without naming names, I have family members as well as friends who, well, over-estimate just how funny some of the things they say are. And over-estimate is being kind - in some cases, there just is nobody who would think that some of the things they say in the effort to be funny succeed.
Not to say that it doesn't go both ways, of course. The same people that make spectacularly unfunny jokes that I cringe at sit there stone-faced when I crack an epic joke. Oh, and my jokes are epic, I'll be the first to tell you that.
So while science is off measuring..... well, you know...... we have no way to quantify or measure how funny somebody is. And dang it, I want to know when I start dealing with somebody exactly what the size and shape of their funny bone is. Instead, it's other "bones" that are being measured.
(And yes, I couldn't help going there. But was it funny?)