133 - Steps to Be Funny
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How to Make Funny Jokes
The best thing about our human brains is that they are pattern seekers. The brain expects it and when that third item at the very end is unexpected, that's where the jokes can be funny. I had parents who were trying to destroy each other in arguing and I was kind of the overweight nerd girl when I was growing up. So jokes to me were trying to cool down my parents. Maybe if I made a good joke, they would stop fighting or maybe someone who wouldn't give me a chance to be my friend would suddenly give me the chance to be their friend because hey, she's kind of funny.
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