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He is generous. That said, when I've seen this happen, 9 times out of 10, it's not intentional. It's happened to me too: * You see something. * You forget ab

by blagie 4y ago

He is generous. That said, when I've seen this happen, 9 times out of 10, it's not intentional. It's happened to me too: * You see something. * You forget about it. * You re-invent it yourself a few weeks later. I'm fortunate that's only happened in low-stakes contexts (e.g. talking with friends, I think I invent a joke, but it turns out it came from somewhere I forgot), but I'd be absolutely horrified if it ever happened in a high-stakes one. I'm glad I'm not a professional in anything like this. Also: generous is almost always the right strategy to take here.

tomcam 4y ago
Try doing standup. Fucking nightmare when you’re an insignificant opening act, and the headliner just plain steals your jokes the same night. Conversely it’s embarrassing when you end up reinventing one of those bits that’s just in the air.
- willis936 4y ago
  If you're opening don't you have the chance to steal jokes and not the other way around?
  - Larrikin 4y ago
    Presumably to become the opening act, the headliner has watched a good bit of footage from your act so that they are willing to let you be the opening act.
    - tomcam 4y ago
      Headliner normally doesn’t know or care who the openers are
  - tomcam 4y ago
    Yes but I wouldn’t
tomcam 4y ago
Try doing standup. Fucking nightmare when you’re an insignificant unpaid opening act, and the headliner just plain steals your jokes the same night. Conversely it’s embarrassing when you end up reinventing one of those bits that’s just in the air. EDIT /u/crazygringo says it better https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33076382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33076382