Originally Posted by
eunice
Quadras and the humor they are more likely to appreciate or tell (based on my own observation):
Alpha: Slapstick comedies, clean fun, able to make fun of themselves sometimes
Beta: like to joke on the expense of other people who are outside their group (sometimes cruelly), suggestive, dark humor
Gamma: rowdy, vulgar, shocking, sexual innuendos
Delta: dry and subtle, one-liners, business-like, serious, ridiculous, sarcastic
(Sorry to offend anyone.
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I just think it's wrong, period. I've heard this sort of thing said. Doesn't seem to have much to do with Quadras. You can't explain everything with quadras. I know that this comes from some writings in Socionics. Well, some stuff in Socionics is just wrong.
I don't know any Gammas who like rowdy, vulgar, shocking humor. None. There's no connection whatsoever. I know some ESTps who like the rowdy kind of humor.
Anyhow, the idea that Alphas like "good clean fun humor" and that every, every other quadra likes jokes at other people's expense or some other demented variant is just plain ridiculous, sorry.
This thread is part of a larger issue in Socionics that's quite wrong and counterproductive. Socionics was founded by Alphas, and so there's a strain of Socionics that says Alphas are good everyone else doesn't measure up.
Implying that only Alphas like wholesome forms of humor (and that they, as distinguished from everyone else, sometimes make fun of themselves...ah how modest, how angelically modest Alphas are) is just a coded way of saying "Alpha good, everyone else bad." And it doesn't fit with observations at all.
[Edit: Oh, I didn't notice you added that Deltas can be self-deprecating sometimes too, even as they're being sarcastic. How magnanimous of you.
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[PS, okay, I know I'm being a bit harsh. I realize that your signature says you're not even Alpha. I still think it's wrong and is based on the Alpha superiority thing in Socionics. Here are my observations:
I know ESIs who love slapstick humor, puns, and good clean fun.
I know SEEs whose form of humor is mock insults and saying the opposite of what they mean, and is never rowdy or R-rated.
I know Alphas would joke at other peoples' expense, just the way you say that Betas do.
I know IEI types who would never joke at other people's expense.
And these are not exception to a rule...This is just reality.]
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