Which is worse:

[xiphias]

Which is worse -- when you make a joke and the person you make it to has no clue what you're talking about, or when someone else makes a joke, and you have no clue what they're talking about?

Comments

[snippy]

Neither? In the first case I get to gush about something I like, and in the second case I get to learn about something the other person likes?

[mme-n-b.livejournal.com]

Former, since the latter is actually good.

[boxofdelights]

The first. Because in the second case, you can ask, and you can learn something new, and it might be nifty!

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Depends on who the people are, really. If strangers, I'd be far more embarrassed by the latter than the former. Which says something about me and my assumptions, actually.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Oh, most definitely the former. 'Cause I feel like I have to explain it till they get the joke. Which is a trillion shades of awkward.