Its because to be funny, you usually have to let your mind be free to jump to the funny thoughts, and then express those thoughts. Once you start thinking "I can't say that because it'll offend X group!" Then you've put in the mental traps to prevent your mind from going to the thoughts that would be funny.
I just watched the 1st episode of the Twilight Zone reboot and it's about a Comedian who tries to inject politics into his standup bit and noone laughs. It's not until he starts talking about real shit going on in his life that people connect and laugh. I think it just happens as people get older. I'm 32 and I think I've only got like 1-2 friends who stayed "cool" and still have the mindset where politics and the world at large can still be separate from our perspective. It's still US vs The World, so to speak. Everyone else subjugated themselves to the "larger tribe" and the narrative so certain things are "touchy" taken way too seriously.
I'm in my upper 40s and have the same experience. It's so painful. I used to think it was a West Coast thing because I moved out here decades ago, but I'm finding this idiotic attitude has infected a lot of the people from back "home".
When people get old they get soft and want to be safe with the tribe. There’s a fear of being forgotten or exiled from the tribe when you die, and people want to be remembered. It sucks because I remember so many pacts I made with friends growing up that have mostly been broken because of peer pressure. I wish they knew that total strangers don’t give a fuck about them and real friends are where you form a perspective unique to your group. We’ve gone from forming genuine relationships to subjugating ourselves to the shallow collective. We’ve become just passerby’s in life, just another walking meatbag chasing our respective dragon, only to nod at our neighbors with the same abysmal look in our eyes signaling a subliminal desperation as if a fire is dying spark by irreplaceable spark. The only time we will feel alive again is during protests or riots. It’s the road they want us to go down. Fuck that shit. For what it’s worth, these .win sites are a breath of fresh air for once. Helps me stay positive that I’m not alone in this progressively dystopian nightmare.
Its because to be funny, you usually have to let your mind be free to jump to the funny thoughts, and then express those thoughts. Once you start thinking "I can't say that because it'll offend X group!" Then you've put in the mental traps to prevent your mind from going to the thoughts that would be funny.
I just watched the 1st episode of the Twilight Zone reboot and it's about a Comedian who tries to inject politics into his standup bit and noone laughs. It's not until he starts talking about real shit going on in his life that people connect and laugh. I think it just happens as people get older. I'm 32 and I think I've only got like 1-2 friends who stayed "cool" and still have the mindset where politics and the world at large can still be separate from our perspective. It's still US vs The World, so to speak. Everyone else subjugated themselves to the "larger tribe" and the narrative so certain things are "touchy" taken way too seriously.
I'm in my upper 40s and have the same experience. It's so painful. I used to think it was a West Coast thing because I moved out here decades ago, but I'm finding this idiotic attitude has infected a lot of the people from back "home".
When people get old they get soft and want to be safe with the tribe. There’s a fear of being forgotten or exiled from the tribe when you die, and people want to be remembered. It sucks because I remember so many pacts I made with friends growing up that have mostly been broken because of peer pressure. I wish they knew that total strangers don’t give a fuck about them and real friends are where you form a perspective unique to your group. We’ve gone from forming genuine relationships to subjugating ourselves to the shallow collective. We’ve become just passerby’s in life, just another walking meatbag chasing our respective dragon, only to nod at our neighbors with the same abysmal look in our eyes signaling a subliminal desperation as if a fire is dying spark by irreplaceable spark. The only time we will feel alive again is during protests or riots. It’s the road they want us to go down. Fuck that shit. For what it’s worth, these .win sites are a breath of fresh air for once. Helps me stay positive that I’m not alone in this progressively dystopian nightmare.
Wow, very true and very well said!