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We all make jokes every day. Humor anywhere can foster a positive environment that develops any relationships. But if you are not too careful, you may end up offending someone.
You never know when your jokes can hurt someone’s feelings, some race or religion even if you didn’t intend to. The same humor can ruin relationships too. If it isn’t your day, you may be even facing lawsuits from your colleagues or employees.
Why risk any of that when you can easily make jokes about yourself and can actually come across as a humble and likable person?
Self-deprecation is the act of making fun of yourself by belittling or undervaluing yourself to make the people around you laugh with(at) you. How hard could that be?
Some studies claim that self-deprecating jokes are unhealthy and detrimental to your self-esteem. Some studies claim that self-deprecation is an important element of modesty and that this humor brings many unintended benefits.
Let’s take a look at the advantages of laughing at yourself and when can the good turn bad so that you know exactly what you are doing.
You Are Attractive, Humble, and Friendly
Celebrities such as Conan O’Brien, Ellen DeGeneres, Larry David, Ryan Reynolds, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Blake Lively are all perceived as funny, humble, relatable, and down-to-earth people.
One can easily love them even if they weren’t popular. Their self-deprecating humor has a lot to do with it.
Many studies show that someone with self-deprecating humor makes them physically attractive, especially if they were men. It is due to the scientific fact that women listen to more details than men do.
When people aren’t afraid to be the butt of their own jokes, they come across as humble. Psychology research shows that humble people are attractive, empathetic, and apologetic.
When you make fun of yourself, you appear to be friendly and real. You show that you are not above anyone. You make everyone around you…
