#to be or not to be a comedian?

[kyndaris]

Laughing Queen

In school, I was the quiet one. With my head down, I wasn’t really one to draw anyone’s eye. Nor did I see the point of being popular. I suppose you could say that I was more a wallflower than anything else. Even among the circle of friends at high school, I was somewhat on the periphery. My interests were always a little niche. It’s not every little girl that likes to pretend play Neopets or Zoids or Dragonball Z and gallop around the playground. And in high school, I suddenly found interacting with the boys that were my own age just wasn’t as fun as it used to be.

So, it’s been a little strange that as I’ve entered the workplace, I’ve seemed to adopt the persona of a ‘social butterfly.’ I say this with quote marks because I don’t really consider myself a social butterfly. Rather, I’m curious about the lives of those around me and want to foster a sense of camaraderie that seems lost now that my life is on such a different trajectory than those I might have considered close friends in the past.

In fact, I’ve become such a ‘social butterfly’ that I’ve basically become the office clown - joking around with my work colleagues or deadpanning with perfect timing about something deprecating because my humour seems to skew towards the black. It’s made me wonder if maybe I should take up stand-up comedy. 

Would I be any good? I certainly make people laugh in the office and sometimes through my blog. I’ve had friends or workmates send me sentences I’ve written followed by the laughing emoji face. That means they think it’s funny...right? RIGHT?!

Honestly, one of these days, I need to get past my fear that everyone around me thinks I’m nothing special and secretly hates me. What happened to the debonair child that didn’t care what others thought and who marched to the beat of her own drum?

She’s gone. Crushed by the weight of anxiety and depression and the impending destruction of the planet. 

That aside, I don’t feel like I’d make a good stand-up comedian. First of all, I’d need good material. The only things that immediately spring to mind would be talking about my experiences and probably leveraging the racist angle. But that’s not always everyone’s cup of tea. My worldly experiences are quite limited. And my jokes aren’t truly jokes but observations said in a funny way because I haven’t thought too hard on how I should phrase things. Sometimes it’s just me perpetuating a stereotype that I’ve adopted. For example, heightening my stalker tendencies by reciting whole addresses or birthdays. 

Other times it’s me just remarking on the stark nature of our reality and dropping truth bombs. And in these times of great distress, if we don’t laugh, we’re crying. So, why not laugh to bleed out the tension?

Maybe one of these days I should actually attend a comedy act. Get a feel of what it means to stand in front of a crowd of people and simply lay out the tragedy of our lives to them. It’s said that the best comedians are the saddest and loneliest people on the planet. So, yes. Perhaps I’ll play up the misery that came from attending a competitive high school or use the intergenerational trauma that has trailed me for years as fodder.

Life is full of ups and downs. Rainbows, sunshine and roses might be how the optimists of the world like to see their lived experiences but it’s the realists and (more importantly) the pessimists that bring out the laughs when the glass is half-empty.

So, should I pursue a career in comedy?

Maybe. 

But probably after I’ve tried out proper gainful employment, make a living as a YouTube/ Twitch star and then falling back on becoming the next viral TikToker. For a Millennial that’s about to hit the big 3 0, it’s the only viable pathway to success. My suffering shall be the fuel that lights the fire the world over! And when I tell you all to LAUGH, YOU WILL OBEY!

This is Kyndaris, signing out.

*cue uproarious applause*

#personal blog #to be or not to be a comedian? #maybe if I ever lose my job #or decide that it's all become too hard #tragedy and comedy #hand in hand

[thoughtportal]

Gentrified food snacks

#tiktok #comedy #stand up comedy #comedians #stand up #jokes #coca cola #snack food #funny #capital vs labor #history

[tzthrowbacks]

will use the "simply too seated" from now on

#a comedian 😭 #ayo edebiri #hunter schafer

[ms-t-marie]

Fb find.

#trauma #comedian #standuptrauma #i get you

[thethiefandtheairbender]

Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All (2024)

#taylor tomlinson #damn right #the way taylor follows this up by coming out is bi (and having a gf) is even funnier though #queer tag #queer #comedians #lgbtq

[kittanthalos]

GEN V S01E03 | #ThinkBrink

#gen v #genvedit #the boys #theboysedit #marie moreau #jordan li #cate dunlap #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #tvedit #televisiongifs #chewieblog #jaz sinclair #london thor #maddie phillips #jordan is a comedian #also marie chuckling and cate rolling her eyes... #i see u marie #and jordan's smile <3 #!mine

[seaquestions]

a tale of two losers

#chainsaw man #asa mitaka #denji #niksartstuffs #guys their epic romance is going so well cant you tell dfgfghf #asaden #<- for my fellow believers in these two comedians... out here.... #btw shoutout to anyone who recognizes the colour palette i used…. it devastated me that chapter cover

[ode-to-fury]

I think people are not understanding that to get Astarion’s approval up you don’t have to be mean you just have to be chaotic. The man is a toddler let loose off his leash for the first time in 200 years he doesn’t care about being mean he cares about being funny

#like yeah he would approve if you punched a child in act 1 but not because its mean because its so out of pocket #he gets to make his own choices for the first time he can remember and he’s using that freedom to start a career as a slapstick comedian #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #astarion

[mazeyphaedra]

was rewatching fabian’s baron moment on account of it being the most delicious piece of pvp in my recent memory and ally beardsley’s growth as a player just shone through so brightly and with such clarity. after dusting off their shock they immediately asked about the nemesis ward, had enough knowledge about fellow pcs stocked to remember adaine’s ac with such like frustrated confidence and certainty, suggested to siobhan to dimension door out of adaine’s room, like. they came into this making a character with 4 dex. and now the dice deity offered to roll a check to sense if adaine was in danger. making decisions, asking questions, getting invested in the story, trying so hard with the tools they have to save characters from danger; ally beardsley is an incredible d&d player.

#blahblah tried to fly with a ribbon dancer SHUT UP. SHUT UP THEY HAD A VISION. #margaret encino’s call to the guards in battle of the brands is also a good moment #‘bonus action pick up a turtle and kiss it’ is CHARMING and FUNNY and APPRECIATES the art team #i swearrr to god if anyone comments abt them trying to railroad other players' actions. what the fuck do you want from them. #u hate when they play kristen as unserious when she’s literally a teenager with adhd + when theyre literally a comedian on a d&d comedy sho #but if theyre invested in other pc’s welfare youll shut them down too? bffr #ally beardsley you are so special to me #fully aware theyre an adult who likely does not care about people on the internet talking abt how theyre doing their job. as they should #they dont need defending they shouldnt need it people should just be normal abt them and until they are beardsley get behind me #yna.txt #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #dimension 20 #d20 #ally beardsley

[the-chat-who-got-the-cream]

the absurdity of some of the lines in the finale have been rotating in my head like a rotisserie chicken and IM NOT EVEN FINISHED-

#ml #miraculous ladybug #miraculous adventures of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous ladybug spoilers #miraculous ladybug season 5 #ml s5 spoilers #ml s5 finale #mlb #ml the last day #ml conformation #screaming and crying rn #marinette dupain cheng #gabriel agreste #gabriel: make sure he remembers how good of a father i was :'))) #marinette: ur lying. ur actually joking rn. ur doing a lil haha aren't u #marinette: u lil jokster. funny guy. gabriel agreste. what a comedian. #marinette: u should add clown to your obituary right after shitty dad #marinette: glad to know pancakes aren't the only joke you can make

[distinguishedarbitersalad]

#memes #dank memes #humor #hilarious #funny stuff #funny tumblr #comedians #relatable

[cuppystars]

Comedian and Casino Cuphead!

AUs: @askcomediancup @askcupsandcasinos

Finally, a drawing that I can feel okay with 🥹

#fanart #cuphead #casinocups #casino cuphead #comedian cuphead #first post #cddwtd

[coachbeards]

TED LASSO (2020-2023) ↳ 1.02 - "biscuits"

I'm not entirely sure what y'all's smallest unit of measurement is over here, but that's how much headway I made.

#just a moment i think about like 5 times a week #roy kent the comedian that you are #ted lasso #tedlassoedit #jason sudeikis #brendan hunt #appletvgifs #tedlassogif #tedlassosource #tvgifs #nessa007 #tuserliliana #tuserhan #trueloveistreacherous #userrobin #uservalentina

[dyingenigma]

Ayo Edebiri covers the latest issue of Backstage Magazine, photographed by Emman Montalvan.

#ayo edebiri #backstage magazine #black women #comedian #the bear fx #the bear hulu #photography #photoshoot #my upload

[intermundia]

#please friends this is a joke #jaboukie is a comedian #this is about the hays code #and about some stupid discourse on twitter #censorship is not a place we need to return to thank you #not my original tags but jfc ppl are agreeing with this and also getting mad as if it’s real and it’s Not #should have put the comment in the post not the tags 😅 lesson learned

[jjadmanii]

not having katniss’s mental dialogue in the movies was a miss bc in that scene of gale and peeta talking about who she loves more, all she’s thinking is “well one thing is for sure atm i could do without both of ur losers asses gn”

#and i think its beautiful #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #(also the clear answer is peeta 😁) #thg #everlark #peeta mellark #gale hawthorne #ALSO MY GIRL IS FUNNY AF A COMEDIAN IN THE MAKING IF U WILL