Rational rejection of humor.

[AL the Inconspicuous]

Seriously.

Of all the things I've given up on in recent months (driving, above-ground employment, sex, good food, alcohol, smoking, pets, violent fantasies, etc, etc, etc) this might quite possibly be the hardest, because all the bullshit I post here is really quite addicting for me, even if I alone am amused by it.

I mean, no one understand me.  It might be a Russian-Jewish thing, or a side-effect of my extreme introversion / cultural isolationism / "social anxiety disorder", or not my fault entirely, but most of my attempts at humor on this forum don't go over very well, and they waste way too much of my time.  I've always rationalized it as cultural experimentation or bonding with (potential / future) Free Staters, but it seems to be having the opposite effect...

So my rational mind tells me it would be best to make a clean break.  It seems impossible at this point, but, well, so did everything else...  I can't imagine how I'd do it, since even my habitual writing style is filled with attempts at witticisms and the like, but the extremes of humor-related behavior must definitely be prohibited ASAP.  I mean, I just tried to participate in what I thought was "a lulz thread" and I have three mods threatening to ban me now...  Clearly I'm just not smart / socially skilled / in-sync enough to understand what's going on, so why even bother trying to fit in?  There are so many other ways in which I can express myself that aren't quite as subjective and potentially controversial.

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

I don't know any Jewish people besides you and perhaps Borat that joke about raping small children and eating their corpses.  I think its just you.

[AL the Inconspicuous]

OK, so it was just me (though in a slightly less brutal context than you make it appear).  Either way, I should stop now.

[The ghost of a ghost of a ghost]

whatcha Post?  I missed it.

I think you really just are moving over to:

http://anarchorebellion.ath.cx/

I'd like to stay.  Half the shit I read is posted by you.

[fatcat]

Don't try so hard.

You're at your coolest when you're just being smart and not trying to devise elaborate contrivances, and not trying to antagonize people.

A little sincerity goes a long way.

[John Shaw]

whatcha Post?  I missed it.

He was spamming.

[Alex Libman]

I haven't had a TV in years, but I pirate a few shows that are really worth my time (ex. Big Love, Mad Men, Stossel, Freedom Watch, etc).  Normally I don't pay attention to things like the Emmys, but this year I went to the Wikipedia page to see how Mad Men did, and something really caught my eye...  ALL POLITICAL COMEDY IS TO THE LEFT OF PRAVDA!

Jon Stewart?!  Colbert?!  Bill Maher?!

Why can't anyone be funny and understand basic economics AT THE SAME TIME?!