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I think comedians are probably pretty damaged for the most part. Their humor is borne from pain, and actually being around them might be pretty tough. You know how Metallica is terrible now that everybody sobered up?
Um.. I would never want to date a comedian. Those guys are beyond effed up. They move around a lot because of shows, they're always broke, and unstable people in general. I have some friends who are comedians and I love them but I would never date them. And if you break their heart, they're going to write about you.
Making me laugh and being a comedian are very different things.
Making me laugh and being a comedian are very different things.
Quite true. I know a guy who is a total clown all the time. He can be very funny, but sometimes I cringe and other times it's just inappropriate and exhausting. He was a groomsman at a wedding a couple weeks ago, blazing drunk and making sex jokes during the toasts like something out of a movie. Dude is in his 30s.
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The life of a true standup comedian is not an easy one. A lot of humor comes out of bad situations they had growing up. They have what Steve Harvey deems a third eye which brings them a lot of pain because they see hurtful things other folks don't see. To really make it in comedy, you have to do a lot of shows and travel which is expensive and puts you at risk for burning out. A lot of comedians have been married multiple times or otherwise bring relationship baggage.
I've always had an interest in doing stand up comedy but the lifestyle of a comedian has always held me back.
I love to laugh, yes. And laughing WITH my partner, sharing "in" jokes and making witty conversation makes me happy.
That is very different that having someone stand there "performing" for you.
Plus what the others said.
You should probably think more about the questions you post before posting them, because the answers are glaringly obvious after a few seconds of critical thinking...
Here's another tip: women like men who are bright, not intellectually lazy.
If I had a dollar for every woman who said she "loves to laugh," I'd be a 10-millionaire.
I would have expected tons of women to jump on Louis CK's D by now.
Yeah, but what type of humor?
You can be funny, hell, really funny, but still give off vibes depending on the humor.
Also, a lot of comedians have had either tough lives or some type of emotional issues. That is why so many of them end up as alcoholics or drug addicts and a few end up killing themselves. Sure, someone like Bob Newhart had a pretty tame sense of humor and a pretty tame life, but what about someone like Lenny Bruce or Richard Jeni?
A lot of people find me funny and I can be when in the right mood, but my sense of humor can be very dark and sometimes I give hints (both intentional and unintentional) regarding some of the more unpleasant parts of my life and some people (usually women) pick up on it. The way it normally it works is that you try to appear as well adjusted as possible and then your flaws start to ooze to the surface. I'm the opposite; people eventually find out that I am actually more normal then they assumed. I try to use my humor as a way of releasing my demons as opposed to letting them fester and rot my soul from the inside out.
I guess it is the same for a lot of comedians as well. Take someone like Doug Stanhope (which I am often compared to in outlook and style); there is obviously a lot of frustration and anger there. He is someone who hasn't had the happiest life and he is angry at the state of the world, so he uses comedy as means of turning that into something positive. He's even said that when his life is doing well that his act starts to suck because there isn't that motivating rage for him anymore.
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