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He says not to start with a joke, but he delivers this line as a joke (and the class laughs). So now I don't know whether to start with a joke or not! Phenomen

He says not to start with a joke, but he delivers this line as a joke (and the class laughs). So now I don't know whether to start with a joke or not! Phenomenal talk.

ot 1y ago
The joke is almost 5 minutes into the talk: he didn't start with one. His point is that in the first few minutes the audience is still warming up and many wouldn't pay attention to the joke.
- jweir 1y ago
  Nothing worse than starting off a talk and bombing.