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When a person is operating under intense, sustained trauma and existential fear, they may not behave rationally. Same thing with countries.

Let the healing begin. ✌️

Also, if anyone wants to attempt to cancel me, that’d really help my career. 🙏

#charliekirk #ericakirk #darkjokes #comedian #standup

When Trump was bragging about "the weave," maybe he was actually talking about his hair.

same same but different: suicide's martin rev, strokes' julian, comedy's tim dillon

Every time there’s an outrage cycle over a comedian’s words, I turn into some Col. Jessup of standup:

Taking a wild setup from a standup show out of context and omitting the twist/punchline/wherever he was headed is SOCIAL MEDIA RAGEBAIT at its finest. And pulling the clip from a show where phones were banned for EXACTLY THIS REASON is real cherry on top stuff.

if doing crowdwork is so cool, why do crowdwork comedians keep insisting that they should be known for their written material?

Everything really is rebooted IP now. Hating Jews. Communism. That show Girls.

Focusing incessantly on anti-semitism shouldn't be 90% of being Jewish yet right now...

“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity."
-Erich Fromm

I like meditating because you can never meditate wrong. That would just mean you're daydreaming. So even when you're a bad meditator, you're being a good daydreamer. Congratulations on accomplishing a different great thing.

Canada should make this their flag

"I'm from a blended family. My siblings are from a previous relationship."
"I'm from a blender family. My siblings are alcoholics."

I tend to think of the audience as a mirror. They’ll pick up on your energy and reflect it back to you. So if you’re having fun…

Demons are angels for bros.

"Tucker Carlson, or one of his guests, mentioned demons and the supernatural a total of 644 times in 75 episodes between the show’s launch in December 2023 and the end of July."

buff.ly/B2vC7Ys

I hate the phrase “the exception that proves the rule.” Makes no sense. Is it a rule or not? If everything follows the rule; does that disprove it? How much of a rule is it if there are exceptions? (Brought to you by Burger King: You rule!)

Wrote about the Bill Burr approach to a joke bombing… "Joke bombs. Everyone in the room knows it. You do too. Well, do you know why? Then say that out loud. Don’t pretend you didn’t know. Result: They wind up trusting you more."

Read the rest here: funnyhow.substack.com/p/bill-burr-yo…

"Is it nice to have familiar faces in the audience or do you prefer performing for strangers?"

Prefer strangers. But at a taping it’s nice to “stock the pond” a lil bit with people who get it/me. Less work up top convincing a roomful of strangers they’re on my side.

The algorithm is killing good art. We’re all making baby food here.

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