Why are many Americans so totatally unable to have a sense of humour about themselves?
821613
perhaps u r talking to the wrong americans.  the ones who get the most offended are probably the ones being laughed at:  the rednecks, the republicans, the couch potatoes.  u make some good  points, but there are plenty of us who can laugh at ourselves.  :)
398057
because most americans are stupid and cant see past the end of there noses..
381047
Right on man! It's like you can't have a laugh at fatties or retards anymore!\n\nBy the way: some of my family are fat and most of my best friends are retards.
903868
Apparently he forgot to instill this trait in some people.  Keep laughin', eventually the world will laugh with you!
1103860
Some people have an ability, which I lack to, store upteem jokes in their repertoire, I envy that.\nOthers have the ability to make others feel better.\nI prefer the latter.....
1118598
in show-biz you have to come up with new things all the time, you can't do the same thing as the comedians before you and it's really hard to come up with something clever, so they resort to insults. and not only that, but the majority people like it because ... you know, you don't have to think about it too much.\nanyway, i don't think americans should be judged by their comedians
1117086
because they find us pathetic not funny
634487
Maybe you just have a different sense of humor than most people.Some people laugh at almost anything.Maybe you're not happy with something in your life?
1002326
Well if you was like me you better have a good sense of humor. One needs to be able to joke about things like my disability for example because of the meds i take i am a nut! I wear diapers and i think its funny. I don't have a choice to wear them but i don't let it bother me at all if someone ask me why i am in a diaper i will say. Well i am 48 and i was out of them for 45 years and i thought i would see what it was like to be back in them. lol. People have to do what they have to do and that's just the way it is. But yes i do have a very good sense of humor............. If i can make fun of my self woulden you say i do??
523101
He is not there to be "funny" unfortunately. And what he is there to do, he has screwed up well beyond repair. The funniest thing about him though is his struggle to get simple words formed into a sentence. For my fellow Americans who think Clinton was the biggest joke, you must admit that besides getting a extra marital piece on the side (which they all do anyway) the country was far better off.
979502
Laughing at the above irony-impaired people...
486101
cos there just silly americans who think america is the whole world
1101092
Laughing is a great form of medicine and a great stress reliever. I laugh so maaannny times people wonder why I am always in a good mood. People have got to be more lighthearted on things and not so serious. That is one thing that America doesn't do enough of, and thats laugh.
1132765
Yes,it is possible for someone to be physically perfect,but act like a robot and not be able to comprehend humor.But on the other hand,humor is a subjective thing,I might laugh at a joke,and "get it" while my friend will say that didnt make any sense.Not everything is funny to everyone.
635629
Never! It is either ok to joke about everything or joke about nothing. Todays world is so stupid, especially in the US. We are to afraid of offending people we have to think what we say. We have free speach, use it.\n\nPolitical Correctness is one of the many poisons ruining America.
714061
Because some, not all, think that they actually run the world (see the Project for the New American Century for specifics).  I find most Americans to be wonderful people but some, mostly those in powerful positions, speak to the world in a condescending manner which sadly reflects badly on all Americans.  \nBTW, I am Canadian myself and although I understand your sarcasm vis a vis the tax and policing the world, it really wasn't a very good analogy.  \n\nCheers to Cute Fuzzy Kitty
905436
The person who doesn't have a sense of humor