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Adam Mastroianni on the Brain, the Ears, and How We Learn

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The Importance of Punctuation in Jokes

I like to tell jokes, I don't know if I tell them well. But sometimes people pretend to laugh at my jokes and now that I'm president by the way they'll have all the time it's one of the great negatives of being a manager is that people laugh your jokes even if they're not funny. Maybe they're actually thinking they're funny. So many jokes require a punchline that is quite precise. If you watch a really skilled comedian, I'll pick Gary Gullman as an example. He works very carefully at crafting his word choicesHis timing is obviously important but the word choice itself can be just as important.

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