Certain social interactions like lending respect, exhibiting compassion, and laughing at humor are all backbones of being a decent human.
For your part, you should do all of these things when it’s appropriate and honest. Don’t laugh at stupid jokes and don’t respect morons.
We can also make it easier for the people around us to respect us, show compassion, respect us, etc… The key is to never ever, ever, ever expect people to respect you, show compassion, or laugh at your jokes.
That makes you funnier, more pitiful, and much more respectable. If you choose to be the punching bag and you won’t have to be the punching bag.