[tramnineteen]

I think people are making allot of general statements about the sense of humor of the two types that are not necessarily getting at the root or causal difference.

I have an extremely broad sense of humor. I like jokes that catch you off guard. I think that is the common thread. I moment I can guess the punch-line or what is going to happen before it does I could care less.

My jokes are also pretty diverse is topic but they do share some common thread. They are usually something clever but simple. I am also unhesitating to make fun of myself for the sake of laughs. I don't think the entj would share that. Their jokes seem to be more closely tied to their opinions. I will make fun of myself, my own state, school, country. My jokes may poke fun, but my view is that if we cannot poke fun at ourselves, then we don't have a healthy humility.

I know much less about the entj sense of humor, however I would postulate that their humor is:

less self-mocking
more closely tied to their opinions
less broad
more serious
less random


p.s. i forgot to add that my sense of humor is often called very random.


disclaimer: I don't have a good handle on the inter-workings of my sense of humor yet, so this was just my impressions.