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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"life",<br>"author":"nonameslefttouse",<br>"permlink":"have-i-ever-made-you-laugh",<br>"title":"Have I Ever Made You Laugh?",<br>"body":"<center><sup>***Seem to be having one of those days where I can't figure out***<\/sup><\/center> <center>***what I'm doing with this life.***<\/center>\n\n<center>[![NoNamesLeftToUse - Looked Better In Your Head.png (https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmSFkm7pbZYMyUiX2q4pKoiscyRmupdNUs6C9rv9GGvBWx\/NoNamesLeftToUse%20-%20Looked%20Better%20In%20Your%20Head.png) (https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmQ3k6WxNVXTeoykYTSMPppHKvJFiCnkhX2FMCRXraLmAv\/NoNamesLeftToUse)<\/center><center><sup>***Looked Better In Your Head***<\/sup><\/center>\n\n## Some Simple Swirly Art\n<sup>***And maybe some rambling.***<\/sup>\n\n**I enjoy writing humor.**\n\nSome days it's impossible. \n\nIt's strange because if I'm sitting with a group of people,<br> having drinks,<br> whatever,<br> even just chilling somewhere \u2014 I can usually get people laughing. That is,<br> of course,<br> if they're the type of people who are still connected to **this world**,<br> and not their device.\n\nIt's much easier to *deliver* jokes,<br> in person. Writing humor is a shot in the dark and even if it goes well,<br> you don't actually *hear* the laughter. \n\nHearing laughter is how one finds out if what they said,<br> did,<br> or wrote,<br> was funny. *Everyone knows that.*\n\n*I'll never know if something I wrote is funny,<br> until they laugh.* I understand the art form,<br> I've produced many funny moments here,<br> ***and some days I feel like I've bombed pretty hard.***\n\nWhen you attempt to write something humorous,<br> then get a quiet or confused response,<br> I suppose the feeling is much like how a musician would feel after releasing their latest track,<br> and someone came along to say it *straight up sounded like shit.*\n\n**A lot can be said,<br> when nothing is said at all.**\n\n## I've been lucky though.\n<sup>***Can't hear the laughs,<br> but I can sense from the response when things go well.***<\/sup>\n\nSome folks here enjoy my art and prefer when I take things seriously. \n\nHumor is what put me on the map here in Steem Land though.\n\nDamn near everything I wrote,<br> nearly all 791 posts,<br> had some entertaining or humorous content within. \n\nMost days it flies out of my mind and onto this screen in front of me; ***it's easy.***\n\n**Not today.**\n\n### Can't force it.\n<sup>***All natural,<br> or nothing.***<\/sup>\n\nI was watching a comedian the other day. \n\n***He took the easy road:*** *Political humor.*\n\n**Boring!**\n\nI don't really like *political humor* because for one,<br> he was talking about *USA stuff*,<br> and I'm Canadian. Also,<br> all one has to do to be funny in that arena is pick a side,<br> and make fun of the other side. That doesn't take skill; the comedian is basically telling the audience what they want to hear. And the \"best\" in that field,<br> like Stephen Colbert,<br> come equipped with a giant 'applause' sign directly above their heads. If the joke was a *groaner,<br>* they'll just add in the sound of laughter and cheering before airing the show. \n\n**Laughter is supposed to be the only thing left us humans can't fake.** We all know what a fake laugh sounds like. Even that big hotshot CEO surrounded by the bogus laughter of all those ass kissers and *yes men.* She knows,<br> *and puts up with it because replacing employees is a royal pain in the ass.*\n\nWe also know how uncontrollable a real laugh can be. *It's hard to hold back.*\n\n### Can't force a laugh.\n<sup>***All natural,<br> or nothing.***<\/sup>\n\n***Real*** comedians will spend weeks writing material. They'll go over that material hundreds of times,<br> adding things in,<br> taking things away. Then every live performance on stage is like a rehearsal for the next show. If they notice something they thought was funny isn't working with the crowd,<br> they drop it. On occasion,<br> a new addition to a joke will pop into their minds,<br> on stage,<br> while performing. If the crowd is roaring,<br> *you damn right they'll say it all again in the next show.*\n\nWhen you finally see them on stage doing an hour long special for Netflix or HBO,<br> what you're actually seeing is weeks of writing,<br> hundreds of nights worth of tests and rehearsals performed live in front of people,<br> *and a hint of perfection.*\n\n## *Must be nice!*\n<sup>***For me,<br> once it's written,<br> all I can do is hope for the best and then move on to the next.***<\/sup>\n\nThen I get days like today where I want to but not matter how hard I try,<br> I can't perform. ***Not even Viagra can save me!***\n\nI'm one month away from being a three year veteran here in Steem Land. Since day one all I heard was,<br> \"Bring value.\" \"Do something that adds value.\"\n\nI looked around early on,<br> saw *a whole whack* of people writing about how much they loved Steemit,<br> making the place smell of *cult,<br>* or they were offering the always outdated *\"this is __not__ financial advice\"* while making money,<br> which was strange to me,<br> because *real financial advisors* were making less money on a financial instituation salary,<br> than some of these folks offering random *\"not advice.\"*\n\nSo I thought,<br> *\"Hmm... That stuff doesn't seem valuable nor timeless\u2014 but art makes billions yearly,<br> fiction sells millions of copies,<br> and comedy sells out stadiums.* ***Maybe I'll do that.\"*** \n\n### And I'm glad I stuck to it.\n<sup>***There's now hundreds of hours worth of entertainment on my blog.***<\/sup>\n\nAnd it's just as valuable today as it was when it was published. *I think that's what they meant when they said,<br> \"Bring value to the platform.\"*\n\nWhen I started,<br> advertisements didn't exist. Now they're here. Maybe,<br> someday,<br> the content producers will get a cut of this ad revenue. \n\nHaving a blog that could potentially attract eyes for years to come,<br> even if I stopped producing today,<br> well,<br> that all might be a nice paycheck someday. *Who knows... and at least I'm prepared.*\n\n---\n\nSo I guess I feel better now. Started out writing the post not knowing why I'm alive,<br> and rambled all the way... \n\n### *To hell*\n<sup>***and back.***<\/sup>\n\n**Just in time,<br> too.**\n\n<center>[![NoNamesLeftToUse - Thought I'd Never Get Out (https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lUbCDWG.png) (https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NaCwMsH.jpg)<\/center><center><sup>***I Thought I'd Never Get Out Of Here***<\/sup><\/center>\n\n<center>![linebreak1 (http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RhgHUmy.jpg)<\/center><center>**Credits:**<\/center><center>**All art and images seen here were produced digitally,<br> by me.**<\/center> <center>![NoNamesLeftToUse Outro.png (https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmRVnycGuKWTrnHcWomQddWka2MR2Z6AXP4GYry1tG3X4E\/NoNamesLeftToUse%20Outro.png)<\/center>\n<center><sup>***\"I might be quiet over the weekend. Weather forecast is looking nice!\"***<\/sup><\/center> \n\n<center><sup>**\u00a9 2019 @NoNamesLeftToUse. 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