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What is the worst piece of art you've ever seen
Feel free to have this annecdotal or with pictures too :)
Low stakes conspiracy theories you think are true
Like women's pants have small pockets to increase the sale of handbags.
What is normal formyour family?
But considered weird for others generally?
What is something you pretend not to care about?
What secretly grinds your gears but under the surface you are seething.
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@Marc Meakin definitely a routine in there for you :)
What's Hack?
What we considering hack these days? Is it tried out topic? Or just over done jokes? One I hear a bunch is "my friends nickname is "contagious" not because he is sick because whenever he does something it takes that cunt ages" Good joke. Old joke. Just done abit much. Topics can be over done. Is there a cyclical nature to topics? They go in and out of fashion? Lots of questions I realise. Cheers in advance!
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A cliché (or “hack”) is when an idea becomes so embedded in the cultural zeitgeist — comedically or more broadly — that it’s no longer surprising. The audience can see the punchline coming before you get there, which makes it very hard to subvert expectations. Comedy example: Airline food. It’s been done so thoroughly that even mentioning it now feels like parody. That’s interesting, because when Seinfeld was doing it, it felt fresh and observational. Time didn’t change the topic — saturation did. Wider cultural example: After Charlie Kirk died, huge numbers of comedians rushed to comment on it. That made the subject feel inevitable rather than insightful. Once something becomes expected, most takes struggle to land — not because the subject lacks weight, but because the audience has already processed it.
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