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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.48,0:00:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat instrumental music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.98,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Self-improvement-style advice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.56,0:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often a bunch of useless\Nplatitudes and nonsense
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.19,0:00:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peddled by people who just want money.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.47,0:00:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's even worse online\Nwith clickbait listicles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.45,0:00:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the YouTube video version\Nof clickbait listicles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.83,0:00:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at least that was certainly\Nmy experience when Googling,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.41,0:00:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to be funny or how to get funnier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.27,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either you get weird sociopathic\Nwoo-woo pickup artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What's up?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.88,0:00:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Will Powers from Evolution of Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.87,0:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I want to talk to you about today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.68,0:00:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is high-status humor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what I like to call, prize frame humor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.24,0:00:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Trick people into liking you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.81,0:00:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or trick women into thinking you're funny
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.70,0:00:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they'll sleep with you stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.24,0:00:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hiya fellow Pinnacle Person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.27,0:00:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this video you're\Ngonna learn exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple ways how to make a\Ngirl roll over with laughter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.67,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and basically make her laugh\Nall the way to your bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.47,0:00:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Or really, really\Nbasic structural advice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.01,0:00:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on comedy, yes and, rule\Nof threes, or, y'know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.47,0:01:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put down your phone, be\Nyourself, which isn't helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.05,0:01:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot I want to\Ntalk about in this video
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.49,0:01:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the interest of\Ndifferentiating myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from clickbait or stringing viewers along
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I get to my central thesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.01,0:01:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the central theory I've\Nconcocted on the fastest way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.84,0:01:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be funny, the fastest and\Nmost direct way to get funnier,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.81,0:01:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to say\Nit outright right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.87,0:01:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fastest way to get funnier
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.04,0:01:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to put yourself in a\Nposition where being funny
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.08,0:01:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is rewarded and not\Nbeing funny is punished.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.71,0:01:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of resources for being funnier,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.61,0:01:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially specific resources\Nfor improv or telling jokes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.71,0:01:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in conversation or for stand-up comedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.26,0:01:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at comedy like a math problem
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.44,0:01:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you take an\Nestablished rule or format
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.75,0:01:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and slot your own experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.44,0:01:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or observations into that formula.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.07,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, if you're trying to be funny
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps to learn the\Nestablished mechanics of comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.13,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially with specific\Ncomedic art forms or formats,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:01:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should bare minimum\Nhave an understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.35,0:02:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what people before you figured out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.11,0:02:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way any narrative\Nfilmmaker should at least know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.68,0:02:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what shot reverse shot\Nand a 180 degree rule are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.76,0:02:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they choose not to adhere to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.02,0:02:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This approach is certainly\Nhelpful as a foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.59,0:02:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in my experience you\Nshould look at comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.40,0:02:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way you would look at learning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.21,0:02:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a complicated language\Nor a series of different
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.34,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though interconnected\Ncomplicated languages
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.60,0:02:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose communicability and\Nsuccess are very subjective
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.65,0:02:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dependent on audience\Nrather than as a checklist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.57,0:02:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a chart or a math problem\Nor as some objective puzzle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.94,0:02:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you solve and then become the\Ncrowned king of subversion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.12,0:02:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't speak French and, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.39,0:02:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd learn some French through\NDuolingo or French classes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.11,0:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a college or online, but\Nif I wanted to be fluent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the quickest shortcut\Nis to go to a country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.34,0:02:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people speak French and force myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.82,0:02:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak to people and to learn\Nthe language to get around
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.93,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and function and try to\Ninteract with a society
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.76,0:02:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is fluent in this language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.63,0:02:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And deal with my own\Nfailures in learning it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.56,0:02:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they exist as a barrier in interaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.54,0:03:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is perhaps a more intense motivator
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.52,0:03:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a bad grade or a green cartoon owl.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.42,0:03:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me that's the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.25,0:03:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between having an encyclopedic\Nknowledge of joke formats
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.57,0:03:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and memorizing every\NCarlin or whoever bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing all your jokes in a vacuum
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.57,0:03:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with just you yourself or you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.39,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the people who already like you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.98,0:03:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will only ever laugh and support you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.15,0:03:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus actually going out\Nand performing stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.74,0:03:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,night after night to a bar\Nfull of apathetic drunks
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.54,0:03:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling intensely which\Njokes work and which jokes bomb
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.55,0:03:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then obsessively tweaking\Nthem night after night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.06,0:03:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hanging around other stand-up comics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.25,0:03:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are sometimes\Nvicious and bitter people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.19,0:03:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are very withholding\Nof laughter and validation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.89,0:03:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to get along\Nwith them and fit in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.75,0:03:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try being unfunny in that environment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see how it makes you feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.85,0:03:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think my answer to the\Nquestion of how to be funny
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.68,0:03:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a very ugly and unpleasant answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.35,0:03:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might not be good for\Nyou as a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.47,0:03:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might not develop\Nhealthy interpersonal traits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.07,0:03:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact it can do the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.94,0:03:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like with a lot of other\Nart and performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.84,0:03:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might sacrifice other\Naspects of yourself for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.40,0:04:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not healthy to invest your self-worth
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.51,0:04:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the approval of an\Naudience or of your peers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.32,0:04:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially approval based\Non laughter response,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.22,0:04:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's the shortcut.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as far as I can tell, every\Nfunny person I've ever known
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.52,0:04:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has experienced some form of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.52,0:04:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made fun of the self-help and\Ncreepy pickup artist aspects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.72,0:04:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being funny, but there's\Na lot of truth to the concept
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of learning to be funny out of desperation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.55,0:04:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lack of an alternative,\Nas a way to be liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.21,0:04:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether by people you're attracted to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.63,0:04:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or by people generally, and\Nas a way to get attention
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.31,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and validation you don't get elsewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.32,0:04:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a way to avoid violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.09,0:04:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making fun of yourself\Nbefore someone else can
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.18,0:04:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a defense mechanism or\Nusing humor defensively
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.24,0:04:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an aggressive way or to\Ndisarm a threat, break tension,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.91,0:04:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or de-escalate an intense situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.07,0:04:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also don't have to\Nbe funny to be liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.32,0:04:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many other\Nthings that are more valuable
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.11,0:04:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a person than being funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.05,0:04:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindness and empathy and\Nopenness and flexibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.88,0:04:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vulnerability, that\Ncan sometimes be lacking
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.66,0:04:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in super funny people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.07,0:04:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humor can be a shortcut to\Nbeing liked and accepted,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.22,0:04:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've known people who are really funny
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.85,0:05:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fun to be around and riff with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.03,0:05:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who aren't the best people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.45,0:05:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Improv is collaborative,\Nfilmmaking is collaborative,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.08,0:05:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any kind of collaborative art\Nis maybe going to be harder
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.77,0:05:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be successful at if you're\Na total antisocial jerk
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.76,0:05:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people, but stand-up\Nis a very solitary art,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.43,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's so little incentive\Nfor someone who is funny
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who is good at it to also\Nbe a nice, empathetic person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.48,0:05:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying someone is\Na good or better person
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.31,0:05:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they do improv versus\Nstand-up, that's absurd.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.22,0:05:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have so many friends\NI love and respect who I met
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.13,0:05:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were doing stand-up\Nand some of them still do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.82,0:05:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while I have a\Ntremendous amount of respect
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.62,0:05:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for accomplished improv comedians,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.40,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually prefer to watch stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prefer it as an art form,\Nin part because bad stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.78,0:05:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a singular five minutes at\Na time at an open mic art form
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.07,0:05:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is tolerable, but bad failed improv
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.86,0:05:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the more vulnerable and sincere
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.37,0:05:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supportive collaborative\Nnature of it, is so bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.27,0:05:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like the worst thing\Nin the world to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.80,0:05:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd cringe so hard and\Nfeel so bad for people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.54,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't enjoy it whereas\Nwith like open mic stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.75,0:05:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, okay, in three minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.85,0:06:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this will turn over to the next person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.09,0:06:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of current edgier comedians
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.55,0:06:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and older "you can't joke\Nabout anything anymore"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.79,0:06:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dinosaur comedians put too\Nmuch value on being funny
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.76,0:06:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the pinnacle of human\Ncultural achievement or something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.07,0:06:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a really egomaniacal\Nway to shield themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.73,0:06:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from criticism or\Nintrospection or evolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.46,0:06:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if being funny is both static
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.44,0:06:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and important above all else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.49,0:06:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such a noble and subversive cause
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.51,0:06:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell hack rape jokes at an open mic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.85,0:06:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the content of the\Njoke, the impact of the joke,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.55,0:06:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what telling the joke\Nis doing to the comic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.07,0:06:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever you are sacrificing\Nin yourself or in others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.84,0:06:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get there, not just in offensive jokes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.42,0:06:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the strain of really personal\Nor self-deprecating jokes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.69,0:06:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that they're all straining,\Nbut the potential strain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.33,0:06:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't matter, all that matters
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.04,0:06:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these people is being funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.41,0:06:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have their way to be\Nfunny, this, masculine, mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.71,0:06:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unempathetic, aggressive\Nstyle focused on domination
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.90,0:06:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resistant to shifting cultural mores,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.08,0:06:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what's funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.60,0:07:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, if you're really the\Nfunniest person in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.56,0:07:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretending humor is some kind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.13,0:07:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of measurable objective quotient.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.31,0:07:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an audience's fault
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.57,0:07:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they don't think you're funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.04,0:07:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if your\Nmaterial panders to people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.99,0:07:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your own belief set and\Nalienates everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.44,0:07:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think a cliched, hacky,\Nshallow pro-feminism joke
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.25,0:07:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Cheeto in chief anti-Trump\Njoke is virtue signaling
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.35,0:07:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bad comedy and the death of comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.49,0:07:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you get on stage and tell a,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.90,0:07:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"there's too many genders now"\Njoke and think that's brave
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.95,0:07:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and funny for no other reason
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.34,0:07:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than because it reaffirms your beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.97,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and upsets people you disagree with,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.83,0:07:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it bombs you lean\Ninto it and say people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.44,0:07:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who criticize you are too\Nsensitive then you're deluded
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.15,0:07:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of being unfunny\Nand having bad opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.27,0:07:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two, there being a time\Nand a place for everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.15,0:07:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always trying to have room\Nfor context and for empathy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.66,0:07:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is such a foundational,\Nbasic social etiquette.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.81,0:07:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One time several years\Nago, I was hanging out with
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.54,0:07:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people who had just lost\Na relative in a car accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.14,0:07:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were at a party\Nplaying Apples to Apples.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.62,0:08:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the cards I got\Ndealt was, a car crash.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.15,0:08:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 100% a morbid sicko\Nwho finds jokes about grief
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.93,0:08:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and death funny and in another game
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.96,0:08:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure I could have found\Na good use for that card.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.33,0:08:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in that moment I felt\Ndread about the possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.17,0:08:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of even accidentally playing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.53,0:08:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only were the people\NI was playing with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.24,0:08:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not sickos like me, they\Ntook the game very literally
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.08,0:08:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably wouldn't have\Nfound that card funny anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.67,0:08:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even if the card combination\Nwould have made me laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.47,0:08:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or made other people around laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.49,0:08:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever I woulda gotten out of that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.07,0:08:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would not have been worth upsetting people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.30,0:08:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just lost someone
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.60,0:08:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by the rule of like,\Nputting being funny first,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.33,0:08:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have shown those cucks
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.78,0:08:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made my car accident\Njoke and called them babies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.21,0:08:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't appreciate the\Nnuanced fine art of comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.27,0:08:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they looked put off or upset
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.81,0:08:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by me being massively disrespectful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.50,0:08:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was never, like, an\Nonline bigot or harasser.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.36,0:08:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never told anyone to kill themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.42,0:08:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything horrible like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.78,0:08:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I talked about this a lot already
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.53,0:08:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my political correctness\Nvideo if you want to see
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.51,0:08:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I feel more specifically\Nabout edgy comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.27,0:08:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video isn't really,\NI talk about edgy comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.86,0:09:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this video, but that's\Nnot really what it's about.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.31,0:09:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that video is definitely about that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.11,0:09:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so link in the description.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.43,0:09:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of a companion\Nvideo to that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.61,0:09:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I spent my late\Nteens and early twenties
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.61,0:09:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,glued to a computer posting\Non 4chan and edgy forums
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.28,0:09:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then spent my mid-twenties hanging out
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.85,0:09:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with stand-up comics around Atlanta.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.54,0:09:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I definitely did get\Nfunnier and a lot better
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.93,0:09:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a specific brand of very\Ncutting, very mean humor.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.80,0:09:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that helped my acceptance\Nin those communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.87,0:09:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the online ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.55,0:09:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More so the online ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.00,0:09:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're unfunny in an environment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.89,0:09:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all people really\Ncare about is who is funny
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.53,0:09:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dominating each other\Nor dominating outsiders
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.52,0:09:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that very, especially mid-to late-2000s
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.93,0:09:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,masculine online humor way,\NI mean, then you're worthless
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.35,0:09:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that environment's value system,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.28,0:09:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody wants to feel worthless.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.54,0:09:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I got older and I\Nrealized that being funny
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.03,0:09:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the expense of other\Npeople who don't deserve it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.91,0:09:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, even separate from edgy\Nor politically correct humor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.17,0:09:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing being funny as a competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.73,0:10:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if laughs and approval\Nare a limited resource
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.04,0:10:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to immediately humiliate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.21,0:10:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just gut someone if\Nthey vie for that resource
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.88,0:10:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or having friendships\Nwhere you get that high
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.44,0:10:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from riffing with someone\Nwhere you make each other laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.87,0:10:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can kind of indulge\Nin being a little meaner
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.69,0:10:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you realize what\Nyou were indulging in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.74,0:10:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes went too far\Nand was not healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.32,0:10:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had learned a lot about how to be funny
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.41,0:10:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I kind of had to forget,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.85,0:10:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I let go of unhealthy\Nrelationships where humor
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.21,0:10:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the only real foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.76,0:10:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I had to learn that\Nlesson multiple times
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.99,0:10:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over years of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.17,0:10:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at this point while I find that style
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.64,0:10:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dominance-oriented humor too mean
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.43,0:10:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to use all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.93,0:10:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I'm occasionally\Ntempted to indulge in it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.36,0:10:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do laugh at it when\Nother people use it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.34,0:10:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly still\Nappreciate irreverent humor
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.40,0:10:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's not targeted\Nat marginalized people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.90,0:10:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's inflexible and it is not appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.61,0:10:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every situation that calls\Nfor humor in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.48,0:10:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's certainly not useful\Nfor general interactions
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.13,0:10:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other human beings\Nwho aren't stand-up comics
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.66,0:10:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or irony poisoned internet freaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.70,0:10:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't write this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.84,0:11:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think I'm the\Nfunniest person ever
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.10,0:11:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an expert on being personally funny
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.68,0:11:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote it because I want to\Nbe funnier and I have struggled
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.33,0:11:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with being self-conscious\Nabout whether I'm as funny
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.90,0:11:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as other people I work with\Non podcasts or live shows
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.78,0:11:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at conventions, and I\Nspent a period of time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.77,0:11:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurotically obsessing over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.73,0:11:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been doing way\Nmore comedy-focused work
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.91,0:11:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or work where I need to be funny
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.33,0:11:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep up with everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.75,0:11:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at some point suddenly,\Nin those situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.58,0:11:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after five years of being\NShannon Strucci, video essayist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.23,0:11:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it didn't matter at all if I could write
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.92,0:11:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and edit a compelling video essay
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.94,0:11:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now I'm trying to establish myself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.83,0:11:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very different field.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.49,0:11:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, who cares?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.80,0:11:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm working regularly with\Npeople who have done stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.15,0:11:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a decade or who have\Nwritten professionally for TV
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.04,0:11:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever and who I know they're funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.67,0:11:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a question to me\Nif we're talking about them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.90,0:11:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was forced to get\Noutside of my comfort zone
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.24,0:11:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and work through some insecurities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.60,0:11:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would never have to have dealt with
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.91,0:11:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had stayed just a video essayist.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.73,0:11:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comedy helps in making video\Nessays and making them engaging
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.82,0:11:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've tried to\Nincorporate it into my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.01,0:12:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am proud of some of the visual gags
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.18,0:12:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and editing gags I've come up with,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.97,0:12:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but being okay at editing gags
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.49,0:12:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't suddenly make me a comedian.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.86,0:12:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had a lot of really\Ncool and really funny guests
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.80,0:12:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on "Critical Bits," the podcast I'm on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.13,0:12:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by far the time I\Nwas the most intimidated
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.25,0:12:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and felt the most pushed to be better
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.79,0:12:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when we had Mark Meer on.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.41,0:12:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meer is probably best\Nknown for his voice work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.47,0:12:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he's an incredible stage\Nperformer and improviser
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.31,0:12:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tabletop role player and\Nhe was just so funny in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.54,0:12:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was so quick and weird and creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.89,0:12:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] You did more?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.15,0:12:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't hog it all, you swine!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.03,0:12:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] And he just\Nthrew himself into voices
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.73,0:12:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bits that I either would\Nhave been too self-conscious
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.28,0:12:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hesitant to do or not\Nable to do in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.30,0:12:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] I am adult human like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.52,0:12:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(group laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.00,0:12:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man] That explains--
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.83,0:12:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man] When he says\Nthat his skin ripples.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.47,0:12:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man] Why yes, normal\NEarth human, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.16,0:12:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] Yes, the best\Nkind, normal Earth human.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.60,0:12:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Either limited\Nin my voice acting ability
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.70,0:12:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in, not at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.40,0:13:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being capable of thinking that quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.29,0:13:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] Okay, well, so\Nlong kids, best of luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.82,0:13:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Oh, can we like get
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.89,0:13:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your cell phone number or something?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.52,0:13:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] Oh, it's threep, okay, see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.28,0:13:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(group laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.59,0:13:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] And we recorded\Nthat episode in person, too
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.45,0:13:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so here's this super funny man
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.96,0:13:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with years of improv experience
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.31,0:13:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's been doing voice\Nacting for like 20 years
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.64,0:13:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just killing it sitting\Nright in front of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.07,0:13:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm trying to play off of\Nthat and trying to keep up.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.100,0:13:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't bomb, I think I did well.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.09,0:13:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] As we we're\Nwalking, I'm also talking.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.100,0:13:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you look like you've\Nbeen having some fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.58,0:13:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me, what have you been up to, hm?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.81,0:13:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Oh, I'm sorry,\NI have no idea who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.81,0:13:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just start running away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.14,0:13:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mark] Oh yes, well,\NI've seen better days
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.45,0:13:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can probably tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.17,0:13:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sheriff Raoul Duke, you don't remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.89,0:13:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Nope, and I, how far am I?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.29,0:13:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(group laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.60,0:13:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it still energized\Nme to want to be better.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.30,0:13:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On top of always wanting to be better
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.77,0:13:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my co-hosts are so funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.36,0:13:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you work with people\Nwho are good at what they do
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.26,0:13:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to honor that and\Nat least keep up with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.08,0:14:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm a lot better about\Nit now and more comfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.52,0:14:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but especially in 2019,\NI got very in my own head
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.70,0:14:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about trying to be funnier and be funny
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.49,0:14:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without indulging in being\Nmean, and at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.31,0:14:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a couple of very\Nflattering CuriousCats
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.66,0:14:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking about being funnier, like this one
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.17,0:14:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referencing "Critical Bits"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.53,0:14:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll link the full answer\Nin the description.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.29,0:14:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's more comedy advice\Nthere from me and my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.30,0:14:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't go into in this video,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.19,0:14:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which maybe I'll talk\Nabout in a future video.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.28,0:14:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, more sort\Nof structural advice
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.41,0:14:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and advice for stuff to check out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.47,0:14:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the question was, how does one improve
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.27,0:14:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the improvised banter you\Nand the crew have on the bits?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.23,0:14:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would improv classes be worth\Nit, if you've ever taken them?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.62,0:14:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's part of my answer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.73,0:14:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I basically based this essay on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.00,0:14:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most direct answer\Nthat I could come up with,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.55,0:14:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sounds kind of\Nharsh or like sociopathic
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.36,0:14:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something, is that if you\Nspend time in an environment
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.07,0:14:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rewards you for being funny
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.68,0:14:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and punishes you for not being funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.68,0:14:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get way funnier way faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.56,0:14:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That isn't necessarily a good\Nthing and those environments
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.53,0:14:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't always creatively\Nor emotionally supportive
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.41,0:15:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or nurturing, but that's\Nkind of the shortcut,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.79,0:15:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like going to another country\Nwhen studying a language
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.30,0:15:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to force yourself to learn to speak it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.60,0:15:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were all talking\Nabout this Joel said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.71,0:15:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tell them to just get funny friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.83,0:15:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you'll all want\Nto out-riff each other
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.66,0:15:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will never have a\Nreal conversation again."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.04,0:15:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is honestly what it's like
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.47,0:15:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you hang out with\Ncomics, or in my case,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.56,0:15:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comics or edgy internet forums circa 2008.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.47,0:15:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is kind of the\Nlanguage everyone speaks in.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.39,0:15:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you can't keep up
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.50,0:15:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get left behind in the conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.56,0:15:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, this kind of environment\Ncan be very unhealthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.20,0:15:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have quit being friends
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.23,0:15:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of the funniest people I know
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.83,0:15:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were also mean/selfish people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.44,0:15:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who used laughter as validation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.33,0:15:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "be around funny people"\Nisn't really viable advice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.08,0:15:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you could try going to\Nstand-up or improv shows
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.35,0:15:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try doing stand-up even\Nif you don't take classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.20,0:15:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think my answer for myself is,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.62,0:15:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially since the idea of\Njust doing straight improv
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.41,0:15:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or taking improv classes\Nor doing stand-up,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.81,0:15:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all not anything I\Nam remotely interested in
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.04,0:15:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because of my own disposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.77,0:16:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to have to\Nendure that vulnerability
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.79,0:16:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of learning how to be funnier\Nwithout relying on bad habits
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.21,0:16:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I go and as I get better\Non mic on the internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.04,0:16:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recorded forever, working\Nto keep up with people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.80,0:16:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with years more experience than me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.03,0:16:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always reading and\Nwatching and listening to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.35,0:16:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing funny media as inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.97,0:16:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man] Hello, baby!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.71,0:16:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] But I'm glad\NI'm at least pushing myself
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.16,0:16:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning more.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.25,0:16:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not that I'm unfunny,\Nor that I think I'm unfunny.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.29,0:16:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fans do think I'm funny on the show
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.08,0:16:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know in conversation or on panels
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.37,0:16:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can make people laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.89,0:16:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that I suck at comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.49,0:16:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more that it's been a\Nwhile since I challenged myself
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.75,0:16:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything creative in this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.58,0:16:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned how to draw as a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.98,0:16:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned how to edit as a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.70,0:16:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've enjoyed writing all my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.31,0:16:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've gotten paid to do all\Nthree a bunch of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.84,0:16:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying I'm the\Nbest at them, I just mean
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.94,0:16:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not self-conscious about them at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.00,0:16:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I know that I can edit.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.84,0:16:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been editing for fifteen years,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.44,0:16:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been drawing for like 25 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.90,0:16:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was a small child.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.31,0:16:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't been podcasting for 25 years!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.64,0:17:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've never done stand-up or improv
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.68,0:17:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any serious comedy writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.37,0:17:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what hubris to just like\Nassume I'd be as good at comedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.20,0:17:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at being funny, as people\Nwith years of experience
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.73,0:17:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those when I've been spending\Nyears making video essays
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.32,0:17:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about auteur theory and\Nreviewing Korean webcomics?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.50,0:17:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doc Hammer, one of the showrunners\Nof "The Venture Brothers"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.61,0:17:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an accomplished oil painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.64,0:17:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said this once about his paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.48,0:17:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Painting is showing up\Nand dealing with sucking.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.86,0:17:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People will get on me and\Ntell me that I need to relax
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.25,0:17:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take it easy, that\NI'm not really that bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.73,0:17:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they are missing is the\Narrogance of what I am saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.41,0:17:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that I know I\Nsuck proves that I know
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.60,0:17:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am better than this, which\Nis a very arrogant thing to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.46,0:17:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so people should not be\Nconcerned with my self-esteem.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.88,0:17:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say I suck, it actually means
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.81,0:17:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is not a\Nrepresentation of my ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.32,0:17:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that inside me is better.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.04,0:17:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dealing with my sucking and\Nproudly saying this sucks
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.37,0:17:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how I get up and do it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.03,0:17:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't let that thing get out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.59,0:17:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to apologize for\Nit with my next piece."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.24,0:18:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's me with, like,\Nfailed jokes that I make.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.01,0:18:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone trying to get\Nfunnier in other mediums
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.04,0:18:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to keep risking sucking and\Nbeing vulnerable in that way
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.85,0:18:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hopefully get better and get funnier
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.24,0:18:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way stand-up comics\Nand improvisers do onstage.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.33,0:18:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also want to do\Nit without being cruel
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.25,0:18:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without relying too much\Non laughs for validation
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.82,0:18:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my own self-image which are both traps
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.82,0:18:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are easy to fall into and excused
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.28,0:18:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encouraged in a lot\Nof comedy environments.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.90,0:18:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also should say, again,\Nsince I make fun of it so much
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.63,0:18:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this essay that I don't hate stand-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.16,0:18:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love stand-up, it's not for\Nme personally to perform it,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.35,0:18:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have so much respect for\Npeople who work so hard at it
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.52,0:18:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are good at it and\Nwho transform the medium
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.95,0:18:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such cool ways in ways
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.62,0:18:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I never would have considered.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.41,0:18:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't want this essay to be like,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.24,0:18:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shannon Strucci's Manifesto\NAgainst Stand-Up Comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.20,0:18:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to be perceived as\Nsome kind of reaction
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.93,0:18:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against bad personal\Nexperiences that I had.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.58,0:18:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On my top films of the decade video
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.79,0:18:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of people\Nsuggested "Nanette" to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.63,0:18:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen "Nanette" and I did not like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.97,0:19:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually had a line\Nabout not liking "Nanette"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.09,0:19:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that video that I cut.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.52,0:19:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I linger on it, the more I think
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.40,0:19:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kind of hated "Nanette".
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.43,0:19:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have sympathy for Gadsby\Nand respect for her,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.27,0:19:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I did not agree with her\Nunderlying message at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.88,0:19:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as openly critical of the defensive
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.70,0:19:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often unhealthy culture\Naround stand-up as I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.90,0:19:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not follow her to the\Nconclusions that she reached,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.76,0:19:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially knowing so\Nmany Atlanta queer comics
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.02,0:19:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and black comics and\Ncomics with mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.16,0:19:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and female comics and\Nother comics of color
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.37,0:19:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or comics from other marginalized groups
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.38,0:19:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people who are a part of multiple
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.79,0:19:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or many marginalized\Ncommunities who use comedy
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.39,0:19:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about really difficult subjects,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.57,0:19:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rape, racism, disability and\Nableism, self-harm, poverty,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.01,0:19:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suicide attempts, in a way\Nthat is very meaningful
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.07,0:19:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.23,0:19:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should note, too, there's\Nso much variance in comedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.39,0:19:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even specifically in stand-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.43,0:19:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying all cutting\Ncomedy is toxic automatically
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.40,0:19:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any more kind of intense,\Ncompetitive comedic environment
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.21,0:19:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is inherently problematic\Nor anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.13,0:20:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not like, sitting here saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.14,0:20:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Showtime at the Apollo"\Nis inherently problematic
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.78,0:20:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an example of toxic\Nmasculinity, or anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.72,0:20:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not admonishing the\Nconcept of roasting people
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.22,0:20:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or of roasts generally.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.90,0:20:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more what interpersonal\Nissues that I experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.05,0:20:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Atlanta comedy\Nscene were kind of excused
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.05,0:20:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or exacerbated by the comedy culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.95,0:20:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not saying all comedy has to be nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.11,0:20:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although that was sort of my\Npoint with the video, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.11,0:20:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes nice and\Nbeing funny are very at odds.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.77,0:20:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's been quite an\Nadjustment, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.53,0:20:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for stand-up comics to be\Ndoing shows over Zoom calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.77,0:20:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's been very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.32,0:20:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really want to talk\Nabout the pandemic earlier on
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.12,0:20:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this essay, I didn't\Nwant to date it that much
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.10,0:20:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want this video\Nto be up in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.08,0:20:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I do think if you want\Nto get good at stand-up
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.31,0:20:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you just have to go to open mics.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.10,0:20:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to do it and\Nfail and do it and fail
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.38,0:20:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it and fail and slowly get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.13,0:20:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my perception anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.46,0:20:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, thank you for watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.57,0:20:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you haven't seen my political\Ncorrectness video that's,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.04,0:21:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I said, a good companion\Npiece to this video,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.84,0:21:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you should definitely check that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.28,0:21:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll link the Mark Meer\N"Critical Bits" episode
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.56,0:21:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the description, but I\Nthink the funniest episode
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.21,0:21:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've done is probably Hoagie Allin
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.25,0:21:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the episode\NBranson Reese guested on.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.88,0:21:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Branson] Today is the\Nday that Hoagie Allin
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.44,0:21:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gonna take a man's life from him!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.50,0:21:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An eye for an eye makes\Nthe whole world blind,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.40,0:21:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is only fair!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.86,0:21:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] Branson is\Na fantastic comic artist
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.15,0:21:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improv comedian.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.43,0:21:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm Jimmy Buffett!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.41,0:21:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] And actor and\Nhe has his own podcast,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.90,0:21:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rude Tales of Magic"\Nthat's really, really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.01,0:21:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really funny, and\Nhe played the very mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.85,0:21:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,petty character who wanted\Nto kill one of the main cast
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.34,0:21:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Hoagie Allin.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.57,0:21:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that's a good intro\Nepisode of the show as well
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.64,0:21:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've never listened.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.47,0:21:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there's spoilers,\Nit's a little bit later on,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.05,0:21:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's the best
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.32,0:21:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out-of-context episode for our show.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.36,0:21:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Woman] Maybe you should be bad at like,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.48,0:21:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the witch instead--
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.59,0:21:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Branson] I'm not mad at the witch.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.51,0:21:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me a superpower!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.69,0:21:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Woman] Oh.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.52,0:21:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Branson] She said,\N"You're gonna have bad luck
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.36,0:21:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of your life\Nunless you learn your lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.65,0:21:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to treat other people
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.82,0:21:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to forgive them for stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.24,0:21:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it, that's a superpower!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.42,0:22:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I have to do is never learn my lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.12,0:22:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a power for the\Nrest of my life, watch this!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.77,0:22:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna step out into the street
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.09,0:22:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in front of a car.\N- Oh no, no!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.76,0:22:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man] So the semi truck\Nstarts to, like, honk
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.77,0:22:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Hoagie Allin and he\Ndoes not move and then--
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.17,0:22:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Branson] I do the, like\NTriple X like, suck it!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.42,0:22:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Shannon] That's my favorite\Nepisode to link people.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.95,0:22:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd like to support\Nme doing more of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.46,0:22:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a Patreon and a Ko-fi,\Nand we have merchandise
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.25,0:22:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both for "Critical Bits" and I\Nhad StrucciMovies merchandise
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.06,0:22:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nobody bought it, but\Nmessage me if you want to buy,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.45,0:22:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, a StrucciMovies sticker\Nor postcard, I have 'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.56,0:22:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the free Big Cartel
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.27,0:22:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can only have five products at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.80,0:22:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so now it's all "Critical\NBits" stuff, thanks.