/r/standup and /r/livefromnewyork posters describing what is comedy and what's not

People think "I've been laughing at stuff all my life, I must be an expert in comedy".

I see a lot of the same thing in my field (film industry). Can't count the number of people I've met who think they're an expert on movies and how to make them because they've been sitting on their ass in front of a tv for their whole life.

Another thing that these people don't get is that analyzing comedy is like trying to observe a quantum wave or whatever. As soon as you break down a joke it's not as funny. Some things are just hilarious but you can't understand why and that bothers the dumb fucks who have to analyze humor to evaluate whether it's "punching up or punching down" to determine if it's okay for them to laugh at it.

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