Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.
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Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.
A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.
Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.
I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
You learn what can become a good joke and can be repeatable. You have a shorthand about how to introduce a joke to someone.
I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a situation beyond their control is not funny to them or their families.
I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.
Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.
When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
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