Yes! There's a myth going around which says humor can't be studied--you need to be born naturally funny. It's something you either know or you don't. Everyone else says just by watching witty things, like watching funny YouTube videos or reading funny articles or blog posts or watching funny TV shows will make you become a witty person.
Consider if this applied to other skills in life. Do you learn how to draw simply by visiting an art gallery and taking a look at the paintings? Or learn how to play the guitar by listening to a guitar solo? This logic clearly doesn't apply for these talents, and that's why it doesn't make any sense when you're thinking of figuring out how to be funny either. Just understanding what's funny doesn't necessarily make you funny.
People today who have attempted to be funny by making a joke and receive unfavorable feedback have it far worse. You make a joke, nobody laughs, and then you get that sinking, humiliating feeling inside. It makes you not want to try making a joke ever again.
