Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 6: Even More On Joke Forms
The forms that we have described in the previous post are the basic ways of structuring humor. However they can be enhanced with special helpers to make the jokes even Continue Reading
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 5: More Joke Forms
There are two basic types of humor: verbal-based humor and content-based humor. With verbal-based humor you play around with the meanings of words and if you use different words than Continue Reading
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 4: Joke Forms
Most people think that humor is a free-flowing thing without any structure. That’s not true at all. Most theories of humor state that the act of finding something funny is Continue Reading
What Is Your Origin Story?
Every legend has a beginning and every hero has an origin. Heroes are not born, they are made. What makes someone a hero is not the supernatural talents they were Continue Reading
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 3: How To Write A Joke
Now that we know about the structure of a joke and the different parts that it consists of, how do we actually go about writing it? What creative process do Continue Reading
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 2: The Anatomy Of A Joke
George Washington was the first President of the US and is often given to kids as an example of what they should aspire to. When he was in his late Continue Reading
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 1: Mindset And Finding The Comic In You
You have probably met those types of people, the ones that always have a witty remark that fits every occasion and that always brings the room to laughter. How do Continue Reading
To Be Or Not To Be: When To Be A Contrarian Thinker And When Not To Be
What we often see today is people going with the herd, falling into groupthink and never thinking for themselves. Even groups that profess to go against the mainstream (like the Continue Reading
How To Be A Badass Like The Zaporozhian Cossacks
In 1615, a fleet of 80 Zaporozhian Cossack boats, called chaiky, slipped into the harbor of Constantinople and razed the entire area around the harbor to the ground. This was Continue Reading