What do you think a self-deprecating sense of humor says about someone? I goof on myself just about as much as I do anything else. I've found that some people think it's strange and don't understand how someone can talk negatively about himself, even in fun. They don't think it's funny. Others take it as a sign of humility and laugh along with me. Still others think I'm a dumbass. Others yet have no opinion and apparently no pulse.
It shows that you don't take yourself too seriously and can laugh at yourself. I trust people like you way, way more than those w/ no self-awareness or those w/o a sense of humor about themselves.
8. That would do you well if you ever go to England.
Self-deprecating humor is de rigeur there. The rule is that you can be serious, but you must never take yourself seriously. We Americans might be happier if we adopted that mentality.
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