sadmanbarty
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I'm sometimes a bit envious of people who are genuinely witty, but that can turn to dislike when, consciously or not, they go overboard with the nonstop effort to be funny. comes off as trying to hard to be the life of the party. less is more.
my dad's very, very square norwegian brother in law once shouted at him "ok you're not interested in me, fine i'll stop talking" because my dad kept making jokes. to be fair the bloke was talking about his watch, so it wasn't exactly riveting.
my mum's brother (who's a moron) always talks about how my dad was very funny but he didn't stop so you couldn't have a proper conversation.
my dad's very keen to please and as i said to joseph k, it's the stuff we do to compensate for our insecurities that actually repels other people.