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Women Aren't Funny

One of my favorite pick-up lines the Mr. used before we were dating is, "You're pretty funny for a chick".
 
Celebrity said:
I don't find Amy Schumer very funny and I don't understand why others do.
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I think she is hilarious "in stand up" I hear her all the time on satellite radio. Now her show . . . ehh its avg show . . ..
 
truthatallcost said:
I know ill catch a lot of crap here...but I'm used to it :mrgreen: So....does that theory also explain why there aren't any great original female musicians or instrumentalists? Or very few I should say. We all know Mozart and Beethoven, but there's no female equivalent.
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That's because the role of women has been played down. For example the Bayeux Tapestry. We know the the name of of the man who ordered it but the women who actually made it are unknown to history. Ada Lovelace, the founder of scientific computing is another overlooked figure.

"Maria Anna (called Marianne and nicknamed Nannerl) was – like her younger brother – a child prodigy. The children toured most of Europe (including an 18-month stay in London in 1764-5) performing together as “wunderkinder”. There are contemporaneous reviews praising Nannerl, and she was even billed first. Until she turned 18. A little girl could perform and tour, but a woman doing so risked her reputation. And so she was left behind in Salzburg, and her father only took Wolfgang on their next journeys around the courts of Europe. Nannerl never toured again."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/08/lost-genius-the-other-mozart-sister-nannerl
 
Celebrity said:


This young lady opens up her video with Hitchens' argument that women do not have to be funny in order to attract men. Men are funny because they have to be. Women are not funny, because they don't have to be funny.
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Men are funny because they need to be?

Um what?

Not every woman wants a goofy dumbass as a husband, don she know?!

I'm only believing that she's not fully serious, here, but instead of being funny she's going for facetious.
 
It's generally true that women are less funny than men... that is not saying that women can't be funny.

As was mentioned, men develop humour as an attempt to stick out (one of many methods) when meeting women.

Men also have to deal with other men, who are generally ruthless with each other in terms of insults and sharpening wits.

Women can be ruthless with other women, but it's a different style. One that doesn't lend itself to developing humour.

So, men are generally better practiced at humour.
 
Would this be an appropriate place to quote Margaret Atwood?

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."

Hey! That might make a good sig.
 
Celebrity said:


This young lady opens up her video with Hitchens' argument that women do not have to be funny in order to attract men. Men are funny because they have to be. Women are not funny, because they don't have to be funny.
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That is a pretty universal truth.

Most women I dated stayed with me because they said I made them laugh, and was a funny guy. Everyone loves to laugh.
Being a good cook helped too.
 
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