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ITT: Books that are funny or teach about humour

>> No.8419639

I find Don Quixote funny as fuck

>> No.8419653

Can humour be taught?

>> No.8419675

Does anyone know where I could get a big zip file or something for an artists entire work? I looked on slsk for this painter, but, they don't always have everything.

>> No.8419714

Thesmophoriazusae and the Frogs by Aristophanes have plenty wew lad moments.

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>>8419639
Same!

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>>8419653
If you have a sense of humor already, you can definitely better your jokes (or other forms of humor) just by reading good comedic stuff. Or watching. Or hearing.

This is very funny heh

>> No.8419778

Divine Comedy

>> No.8419784

>>8419675
Unrelated but yeah ive been looking for something like this too

>> No.8419799

Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto was some good comedy.

>> No.8419952

>>8419784
>>8419675
bump for this

>> No.8420815

>>8419558
humor is wit, so knowledge and understanding is important before you make joke.
Try comedy writing secrets.

>> No.8420846

Ulysses, Aristophanes, Tristram Shandy

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>>8419952
Maybe not entirely what you're looking for, but you could check out artstor.org
It's a huge art database that has high resolution images you can download. I think you can also make a zip folder to download if you have an account, but you'll need to register via your unis vpn.

>> No.8420915

I like to pretend being a fool. It works every time, and thereafter.

>> No.8420919

>>8420915
genious

>> No.8420967

>>8419558
Anything by Flann O'Brian.