I've been asked before in an interview "Don't take this the wrong way, but do you have a problem with people ... taking you seriously?". For a bit of context it

I've been asked before in an interview "Don't take this the wrong way, but do you have a problem with people ... taking you seriously?". For a bit of context it was a spammer company that had gone legit and it was email marketing and I didn't take the interview seriously but it was a friend of a friend reference and I was curious. I laughed out loud and said "I would not say I personally have a problem with it." The interview lasted for another couple hours and I got to know both of the guys really well. I moved on to another job before they put together an offer but I got to be good friends with both of those guys. I still don't have a problem with people taking me seriously. But also, some people do, some people don't. A lot of this guys advice seems fairly useful. The "laugh less, joke less" thing is just nonsense. Fuck that, I'm on this planet to laugh. I don't want to make people uncomfortable and I do my best to not be inappropriate at work... but that's just stupid advice for miserable people to be more miserable.