&gt; Where did you get that I don&#x27;t enjoy jokes?<p>You should read this - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tirania.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2011&#x2F;Feb-17.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tirania.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2011&#x2F;Feb-17.html</a><p>excerpt:<p>&quot;But our engineering strength is also our social weakness. Countless times as engineers you will find yourself interrupting someone telling a story, an anecdote or a joke to correct a false assumption, provide an extra fact that the narrator overlooked, give a bigger perspective on the problem or point out that the joke premise is actually flawed.<p>You can identify this behavior because the person interrupting usually starts with the phrase &quot;Well, actually...&quot;.<p>As a kid, I thought this was my strength. I knew a little bit more than my sister. So whenever she would say something, I would quickly interject something like &quot;Well, actually, the origin of the word Shih Tzu means Lion Dog and has nothing to do with the dog&#x27;s digestive patterns&quot;.<p>Yes, I was really fun to hang out with.<p>Whoever pulls a &quot;well, actually&quot; almost always shifts the conversation to himself. And now we are no longer following along with your friend&#x27;s joke, we get to learn how much more you know about the limitations of the Sun Protection Factor scale in sunblock products.<p>Even the most rudimentary of the well-actuallistas is able to spoil even the best Ricky Gervais material.<p>But instead of rolling with the punches and participating in a brainstorm of ideas and exploding humor, they contribute interruptions, facts and details that merely produce stop energy on an ongoing discussion. They turn the center of attention towards them.&quot;<p>-----<p>Similar with &quot;talking politics.&quot;<p>When people want to &quot;talk politics&quot; they usually really mean &quot;Let me show you how <i>right</i> I am and how <i>wrong</i> you are if you disagree. Let me show you how smart I am.&quot;<p>Nothing to do with being a &quot;debbie downer.&quot;<p>Now, where is that traffic?