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Anonymous Mon Mar 6 16:59:14 2017 No.9199254 [Reply] [Original]

How to structure a joke?

I want to impress someone with a funny 1 or 2 page text. What are some key elements and stylistic aspects to take into account.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 17:01:51 2017 No.9199274 My favorite jests are structured like pyramidical fractals

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 17:01:59 2017 No.9199275 >>9199254 Kid you're either funny or you're not and judging from this post I can be reasonably sure you're not

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 17:07:31 2017 No.9199297 >>9199254 please do your own homework op

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 17:56:13 2017 No.9199631 >>9199275 >Kid you're either funny or you're not Assuming I'm funny. How to structure it in text? >>9199297 You could reply this to every thread, then. This is about writing and I'm very seriouz about doing a good job

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:00:36 2017 No.9199664 read like 10 of kafkas short stories, especially the very short ones, and figure it out for yourself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:13:30 2017 No.9199751 >>9199254 Why don't you impress them more by getting as massive as me, Connor Murphy!

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:19:00 2017 No.9199781 do whatever, just end it with a fart

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:19:56 2017 No.9199787 >>9199254 I'd rather impress woman with my witty intellectual humor than with my superficial muscles.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:20:44 2017 No.9199790 >>9199787 You'll be waiting a long time then

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:51:34 2017 No.9199922 always remember that the punchline goes at the end

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:55:51 2017 No.9199945 >>9199922 And never forget that the joke is in your hand

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:58:11 2017 No.9199956 >>9199751 Perhaps he wants to impress you, Connor.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 18:59:40 2017 No.9199958 File: 135 KB, 628x800, 150cb27a088210122620e9511a932e0a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9199781

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 22:31:34 2017 No.9200838 If it bends, it's funny. Also, comedy is tragedy plus time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 04:26:13 2017 No.9201927 >>9200838 Thanks for the reply. Bends how?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 11:38:48 2017 No.9202958 bunmo

>>	blueeyeswhiteprivilege !8aWlqIh8lo Tue Mar 7 12:27:39 2017 No.9203138 >>9199254 funniness is inborn. either you have the stylistic sensitivity to pick up on whether or not a joke works or you don't

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 13:34:12 2017 No.9203400 >>9199254 >Setup >Punchline That's literally it. If the setup is long, put smaller jokes inside the setup to keep laughs coming, and structure the whole thing as a story. Also somewhat this: >>9203138

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 15:25:27 2017 No.9203904 >>9199787 I impress them with my trusted penis desu

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 15:26:37 2017 No.9203918 >>9203400 >If the setup is long, put smaller jokes inside the setup to keep laughs coming, Sup reddit

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