I am afraid that I'm just like that. When people jest with me in the real life I often choose to respond as if it was said seriously. I mean, I don't get upset or anything. Just refuse to recognize something as a jest and respond charitably but seriously as if someone was only half-joking. Not sure why I do that. I think I feel that's the best I can do for someone who attempted humor in a way that fell flat on me.

I'm not talking about GP right now. "Thanks, I hate it." actually made me smirk a little bit and his links to assembly were actually super informative. So in this case humor was great but there was also substance which I felt I need to respond to with "what's in it for me".