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Is there something else to learn from this story besides not insulting people?

• 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
  Yeah, actually a fundamental rule of comedy: always get the audience on your side. If they don't know you, aren't rooting for you, or think you're on the "wrong side", they will misinterpret your joke as a real insult. Comedians directly insult people all the time and get laughs, but only because the audience believes they're on the same side as the comedian.
  • manmal 5y ago
    I didn’t expect such a constructive reply, thanks!
  • MiddleEndian 5y ago
    True, but that's assuming my audience is the people I'm replying to!
  • tekknik 5y ago
    Did nobody read the entire copypasta? What comedian jokes using death threats?
    • fwn 5y ago
      To quote Achmed, the dead terrorist: "Silence, I kill you!" https://youtube.com/watch?v=xKlehf_4rRg https://youtube.com/watch?v=xKlehf_4rRg It's not only a death threat, it appears to be said by a committed terrorist. ;) On a more serious note: humor, satire and sarcasm are typically super hard to categorize, especially at scale. It's an unsolved problem.
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