Do you find it funny when people trip over?

[Dresssos]

I have friends that are, on the whole, generally polite. We are in our 30s. When it comes to a member of our group tripping over though, that all goes to shit and everyone thinks it's bloody hilarious! I remember being at school and if anyone tripped over, they would always be greeted by a "wheeyyyy" and a clap. I genuinely have never found it funny, but wondered what other people think?

Why are you assuming people are laughing because they find it funny

As I said on that post you’re quoting from, Irrespective of what the intention is laughter is the primary way of demonstrating what we find funny.

Many people who say on here that they laugh haven’t said that they laugh because they’re anxious - they laugh/snort/whatever because they find it funny, plain and simple.

Hit post too soon. Uploading videos to SM and sending videos into You’ve Been Framed isn’t done for the benefit of some anxious people, it’s done because some people genuinely find it funny. I imagine they’re the same people standing laughing at others falling over in RL.

Not funny.
Invisible disability and its humiliating to fall.

@MaMelon yes I think some people would find it funny, most wouldn't. In my case I got rescued by some really nice student who insisted he didn't have a lecture on and wanted to walk me the 25 minute walk home. It turned out he had something in common with him and I had something in common with his as well. So that was really kind although I should have really asked for his number as I would have liked to know how his study got on. I feel quite motherly towards people that age. My head hurt too much at the time though. I might bump into him again. I felt like the littlest hobo getting found passed out on the street.

He had something in common with my mum and I had something in common with his!! Aaarghget it right

My 19 month old was giggling away at Bing this morning. Wound it back to see what was so funny and it was Charlie falling over. She laughed every time I played it 🤣 to be fair I'd probably laugh too unless someone actually hurt themselves or was upset!

@KatieKat88

My 19 month old was giggling away at Bing this morning. Wound it back to see what was so funny and it was Charlie falling over. She laughed every time I played it 🤣 to be fair I'd probably laugh too unless someone actually hurt themselves or was upset!

My son would chuckle watching the turtle in Snow White finally reach the top of the stairs, only to be knocked back down them. His favourite part of the film!

Well now I'm going to have to find that and see if mine likes it too

@Vivi0 God why does the quote function never work for me - please see above

@MaMelon

Hit post too soon. Uploading videos to SM and sending videos into You’ve Been Framed isn’t done for the benefit of some anxious people, it’s done because some people genuinely find it funny. I imagine they’re the same people standing laughing at others falling over in RL.

That’s a pretty big assumption to make.

Most posters have been able to make a distinction between when is and when is not okay to laugh. I’ve never witnessed anyone laughing when an elderly or young person has fallen, or when someone is clearly hurt.

I’ve not watched You’ve Been Framed in years. But I do remember laughing. According to some, that either makes me thick or lacking in empathy.

The only time I would laugh if someone fell over in the street is if they laughed first. Followed by a quick “Are you okay?” You know, in solidarity almost. Like I’ve been there, done that. I know how awkward it feels to fall over, laugh and no one else does.

There are many times friends and family members have fallen over (unhurt) which we still laugh about together. Those memories will never be not funny.

This is such a joyless thread.

@KatieKat88

Well now I'm going to have to find that and see if mine likes it too

I’m sure she will! There is no better sound in the world than big toddler laughs!

According to some, that either makes me thick or lacking in empathy.

I think the words disturbed, weird and sociopath were thrown around earlier on in thread

The thing is most of us are able to feel more than one emotion at a time.
I can find something funny and be concerned at the same time and if someone is hurt concern will be the overriding emotion. The same way I can be shocked then anger will override that.

I can't see why that's difficult to understand.

This is such a joyless thread.

Why? Because people find the things you find funny decidedly unfunny, and get their laughs from other things instead?

It’s great you’ve got people you can share your sense of humour with. It’s not one I particularly share, probably because I was on the receiving end of it from people less sensitive or with less good self control when I was a very clumsy child, and regularly felt humiliated by their laughter.

Or maybe that’s just not my sense of humour, and that’s ok too. I get my laughs and joy in other kinds of humour that might leave other people cold, just like the majority of slapstick does nothing for me.

@JassyRadlett

This is such a joyless thread.

Why? Because people find the things you find funny decidedly unfunny, and get their laughs from other things instead?

It’s great you’ve got people you can share your sense of humour with. It’s not one I particularly share, probably because I was on the receiving end of it from people less sensitive or with less good self control when I was a very clumsy child, and regularly felt humiliated by their laughter.

Or maybe that’s just not my sense of humour, and that’s ok too. I get my laughs and joy in other kinds of humour that might leave other people cold, just like the majority of slapstick does nothing for me.

Nope. It’s the self righteous shaming for me!

I think all humour is really at the expense of others so I’m wondering what is okay to laugh at?

I’m no fan of slapstick. You don’t have to enjoy slapstick to appreciate the beauty of your friend falling off her son’s pogo-stick.

It’s the self righteous shaming for me!

Probably should have worded that a little better.

It’s the shaming being done by the self righteous.

Even pain can be sometimes funny btw.
I cried laughing, down on the floor, when my DH waxxed his nostrils. 🙈
Took me 3 days to be able to think about it without giggling...
#psychowife

It’s the shaming being done by the self righteous

Who’s being self righteous? Disagreeing with you isn’t being self righteous or joyless - good grief. I do think it’s beyond weird that the very first thing that some posters on here do when someone called over is laugh - even before they know that person is OK. I stand by that quite happily.

• Falls over

Great question. I hate pranks or anything like that - but there is something comical about someone tripping over (as long as they are unhurt).

@SchrodingersImmigrant

Even pain can be sometimes funny btw. I cried laughing, down on the floor, when my DH waxxed his nostrils. 🙈 Took me 3 days to be able to think about it without giggling... #psychowife

Oh, absolutely.

When DH and I were first dating, he invited me to come and watch him play football with his friend’s amateur football team.

He came on as a sub and as he ran onto the pitch he tripped over his own feet and ran forwards for what felt like around a good 2 minutes, with his chin about 10 inches from the ground, before he finally crashed into the turf. Tore the ligaments in his shoulder. Both of us sat in the back of the ambulance, him sucking on gas and air, crying with laughter.

😂 That sounds horrendous and funny! Hope his shoulder is ok🙈

I had a school friend like this. She would ugly cry with laughter when someone fell over. If she fell though she became a proper drama queen, tears and tantrums.
Funny that!

@SchrodingersImmigrant

😂 That sounds horrendous and funny! Hope his shoulder is ok🙈

It was 10+ years ago, but we still descend into a fit of giggles any time either of us bring it up.

His shoulder is grand!

@Dresssos

As in (to clarify), I was curious as to whether people found it funny inwardly as a gut reaction - regardless of whether they decide to laugh out loud or not!

The absolute and complete opposite

My “gut reaction” is sympathy if looked like may have been painful and offer help but only if clear that appropriate or to immediately look away so they don’t feel all eyes on them.

I can imagine your group of friends. And it makes me shudder

I find it funny. I also find it funny when it happens to me. Not if the person is visibly hurt/distressed or if they're struggling to get back up. I just help then.