How well can you recover from a joke you made that clearly failed?

[Still-alive]

Like no one got it or laughed when you said it?

i always love how Johnny Carson rebounded from his failed jokes lol. For you older people here

I can manage well. I know not all my jokes will land well.

I just feel awkward about a failed joke tbh

I just try to act like i didn't say it

I just say the joke and dont care if people laugh or not because i at least think its funny

I try play it off like it wasn't a joke at all and was just a random thought i had

I dont make jokes really

I try to do something else when my jokes get no laughs.

[CrazyGirl2]

I’m confident enough to be self deprecating, so if a joke of mine just isn’t that funny, I’m the first to mock myself for it. I sometimes sat that it was a “time release joke, and you’ll probably get it later tonight… but when that baby kicks-in, you gonna laaaaugh, and laaaaugh!”. 🤣

[menina]

I made a joke when I was in elementary school, no one laughed so I stopped telling jokes in public.

However, I tell jokes to my sister and when she doesn't think it's funny I say that it was just a random thought Lol

[goaded]

A. I used to have friends who suggested I should carry a little flag to wave so they'd know when I was telling a joke. That said, someone always laughs at my jokes. Me! C:

[Dinosaursandanime65]

I don’t usually have mental breakdowns…. For any reason. I kind of don’t care..

[Kayla45]

Awkwardly laugh it off while slowly backing up, until I'm no longer in the field of view of the person from which the failed joke was told.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

Just stare so they feel as awkward as I do. Go ahead, I'm watching, laugh. 👁👁

[Pinay_ako]

Wa wa wa 😫 😂

[coolguy919]

Just tell them for yourself and be used to people not realizing it's a joke. Then if somebody does laugh, it makes it funnier.

[Guardian45]

I use a LOT of one-liners at work. I say them and move on!

[Lucy68]

Make my cricket sound

[Blackcosmo]

I'll get the hell out of there.

[Zolly99999]

I just carry on with the next joke 😁😁