I don't get why race jokes are such a problem. Making fun of NASCAR is hilarious.

Writing comedy? I can't, I'm a youtube commentor.

Wait you mean humor writing ISN’T just making a comic relief character go “Zappers!” 24/7?! My life is a lie

"Death of one man is a tragedy. Death of one million is LOL random." -Stalin

"Humor is like a puppy, it loses its appeal when you open it up to show how its insides work" Gonna save that one for the kids at thanksgiving

If no one laughs at the jokes, that only means you're better than them!

*Comedy:* _(is one of the most difficult possible genres to write well due to its inherently ephemeral nature and true lack of objectivity, and succeeding in it is a testament to the writer’s skill in making the audience feel what they want them to-one of the most important skills a writer can have)_ *Self-proclaimed critics:* “Comedy is a zero-effort crutch to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Don’t write comedy.”

Doing self deprecating humor is great because if you do it enough it goes from *”Hyperbolize something I don’t like about myself for the sake of comedy”* to *”I may be internalizing those things but it’s still funny”* to *”Those things are way too real now so I’ve to keep making jokes about them or I’ll have to confront them”* to finally *”things I 100% think about myself but said in the general tone of voice you would use for a joke, so hopefully somebody confuses it as such”* And isn’t that fun?

I feel like 90% of people would assume that this video isn't satirical because this is how they write jokes.

I have never heard "necromancy" pronounced as "neh-crow-muh-see" before.

“Every triangle’s a love triangle when you love triangles” - Pythagorus.

“Anyone over the age of 27 who still makes crappy sonic recolor OCs” JP... that’s odly specific.... should you be telling us something?

You forgot to put jokes on critical/sad/tense moments, i'm sure the audience will love a dollar-store joke after the death of the protagonist parents.

it’s also important to note that bombarding the reader with countless memes and references to current fads is a great way to keep your writing fresh for years to come!

The Cult of Cthulhu is apparently done being secretive and is now recruiting. With donuts!

THE MIND OF A YT COMMENTER: “Me:” “Ima bout to end this man’s whole career.” “Nobody: Not a single soul:” “Aight ima head out.” *”laughs in INSERT NATIONALITY HERE”* “Who’s here in 2020?” “12 likes and 4 views? KZfaq’s drunk again...” “EDIT: OMG thanks for the likes guys XXXXXOXOXOXIX” ACTUAL EDIT: “Hold my beer.” “FBI open up!” *”NAME has entered/left the chat.”* “Just me? Ok.” *”CONCEPT intensifies.”*

Hmmm yes this video is aimed at JP's main demographic: KZfaq comment sections

Yeah, if Robin Willaims has taught me anything, it's that it doesn't matter how happy a person can be on the outside, they could be on the brink of nuking themselves on the inside. Sooooooo, I'm genuinely asking you JP, are you ok?

*"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."* -Mel Brooks

Honestly I think Metalocalypse "Stand up" episode did it best, "Humor isn't funny it is internalized hate refined and thrown at the audience"

This is a perfect hand book for the average KZfaq commenter.

I love the self awareness when talking about overused jokes. You know what you've done with that f-ing triangle.

is jp good tho? like seriously, i'm kinda sorta really concerned now.

You just made humor writing sound actually impossible. Thank you.

Being resurrected seems to have caused some self-issues for love triangle man.

"Zappers" - Adolf Hitler before beginning operation barbarossa.

At this point, he's not even avoiding internet culture wars, he's darn near plucking the fruit from it! I am impressed by his willingness to address the topics even mildly and in pure education, and thats not sarcasm, though no person could ever truly equal JP and his sarcasm.

Comedy gold according to everyone now “man ain’t 2020 just terrible?” Please agree and laugh now as clearly this hasn’t been wrung dry and like you said it’s bones are now dust from how much this has been used.

Remember: No joke is as funny as a Monty Python reference, or a sarcastic, eye-roll-esque dismissal of anyone showing an emotion!

THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED TERRIBLE WRITING ADVICE HAS RETURNED

Hey, I’ve got a joke “POGGERS X3 Chungus UwU” That’s the joke, thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

If it's an anime remember to add a goofy sound effect or have a character overreact and explain the joke for those who don't get it.

"Random humor is funny!" Said JP with sarcasm. Meanwhile, the 14 y/o behind the screen was wheezing like an idiot because of the word "Chonkosaurius"

Don't forget to write your story in Comic Sans!

If reading all those Discworld books has taught anything, it's that the core to humor writing is a good story.

It's actually impressive how this was the least funny episode

I'm supposed to attend an English class today but I guess I can watch a TWA video. I'm the teacher.

This is actually terrifying. I've been searching on how to write Humor this entire week.

I’m also a ball of humor who’s aware of this dark, cruel and unjust world.

As everyone knows, comedy is at its best when something completely unexpected happens with no context to anything. That's why, scientifically speaking, the funniest possible thing is a machine that displays random digits.

"Comedy equals tragedy plus time. [...] So, I guess it's pretty funny when you do the math."

Me, who’s currently writing a comedy: *sweats profusely...

Dark humor is like food, not everyone gets it. - Joseph Stalin...probably I'll see myself out.

1. Play any Valve game 2. Realize you can't replicate their humor 3. Give up

_"In the future, comedy will be randomly generated."_ *~ Larry The Cucumber (Veggie Tales)*

Trying to hook an agent for my book so I needed a smile, even if the nihilism is hitting bit to close to home right now XD.

"Can't even sarcastically recommend telling racist jokes..." Black Comedians: ._.

Sometimes I swear he's directing his words directly at Disney and it makes me sad that they still make insane amounts of money despite terrible writing.

The background looks like under a microscope.

Writing humor? I dunno, seems like JP is kinda reaching outside of his wheelhouse here.

"Older audiences who *usually* like jokes that have more effort into them than making fart noises." Yep. We've all been there. You're having a great set that would normally kill, but tonight you got the audience that just wants poop jokes.

Ssethtzeentach is the master of offensive humor.

Normal people: "Humor" JP: "Uumor"

These videos are so underrated it’s painful

Lawyers are actually a popular target of jokes, especially the nasty ones. Also, there is a popular pushback against lawyer jokes, as many attorneys were championing human rights and civil rights.

Wait the cultist can fight back? Dunno why I'm so surprised about this but what a twist!

Right after I got to the "contrast can never make anything standout"(3:12) bit, loud overbearing music I accidentally started in the next tab over started playing. It took an good 30 seconds of heavily laughing before I realized it was me who made his own joke an much funiyer.

As soon as he said 'love triangle' my mind just went 'oh shit not again'

1:55 Aww, a cute little puppy! You should get attached to this puppy......OH NO! Its dead! You should feel bad! :(

30 minutes in and he’s already compared comedy to Stalingrad. This is gonna be a good video.

Glory to TWA, he blesses us again with a new video.

Remember to always make your jokes before you have actually seen the video! I’m sure you won’t misunderstand some key point the video made and end up looking like an idiot!

Honestly my favourite form of comedy is just good banter between established characters in some story lmao. Of course it's usually in the context of works that aren't based entirely around comedy, but maybe that's the key.

The irony of some people here taking jabs at the average youtube commenter as the take away from this video is amazing. A point brought up in this video was that humor is subjective, and that if people don't find your jokes funny, then they aren't the problem. The vice-versa is also true. If you don't find jokes funny and other people do then it doesn't mean your sense of humor is superior. Most people find the jokes funny, that's why they get upvoted, and hence they are funny. Thinking of the average person's sense of humor as inferior is a surefire way to fail in comedy writing.

JP: *releases a new TWA video * Me: *too afraid to laugh because evertytime I start JP switches to dark mode and then I feel sad*

Humor writing? I just complain about my existential dread and follow it up with a "Zappers".

"Pretend to be Nazis." Yeah, its not like Hitler went after people who made fun of him in his time.

B-but the Love Triangle will *_never_* get old!

Thanks for your advice JP! I have now decided to write a book that only has the word 'joke' written in it multiple times with fart noises playing everytime you flip a page! I'm sure it'll be a bestseller!

TWA's small bursts of nihilism in between mindless happiness and stupidity is a mood

"A chicken that's on fire. Lol random" -JP about to invent cooking

The trick to jokes about racism in modern day is that the joke is on the act of racism not on the person. The absurdity of being racist is easy to focus on and you can just dial up the absurdity to suit your needs. Say you're being heckled by someone with darker skin than you. Making the comeback of "My skin's lighter than yours so that makes me the better person." Is such an absurd statement that you can't take it seriously. And you can just keep dialing up the absurdity by being ever more literal with the statements. Its also easy to keep your targets varied by leaning into the "but who is actually white" argument. If you do it right you can argue against every European ethnic group's inclusion into who is white. Primarily because grouping people by skin color is an mostly an american invention and until recently, historically recently, a person's race was synonymous with their ethnic group.

I think there's a mistake here. I didn't know I was supposed to be watching an analysis on what humor Family Guy uses.

JP ego September 2020: larger than 10 suns

Reader: Wait, all jokes are randomly generated? Author: Always have been.

Remember, there's a difference between race jokes and racist jokes

Agreed, JP! As we all know, humor is the same for everyone! It having clear rules and restrictions on what and who can be made fun of and all, equivalent to a high school geometry book. And let's face it! There's nothing funnier than safe jokes used by the vast majority of mainstream comedians! Lack of variety is the spice of life, right?

Half of me while watching this video was thinking "this is hilarious!" while the other half of me was like, "do you need a hug bro?"

Do “How not to write Alternate Histories!” JP: You could talk about the complex politics of an alternate world, you could explore the lore and differing philosophies of these alternate societies, or you could stay in one country the entire show, never explore the world, and make sure an awkward love triangle hijacks the entire plot! Even hamfisted Liberal politics can be snuck in with over the top references to how terrible a certain R word is; I’m sure the audience won’t mind!

Ngl, 3:05 hits different when Cthulhu destroyed my computer cord right before my big computer science project was due :/

*Hugs J.P.

internet love triangle man is the only thing getting me through 2020 smh

Here’s a puppy. See the puppy. Now it’s dead, you should feel bad! -Grimdark 😁

“Let’s just repress that like my freshman year of high school!” What happened in freshman year, JP *What happened*

Sorry but I can't get over JP saying "kneeheelism" and "necromacy".

Lol random can be used quite well, if you prime the audience with a good tone and setting that thrives on it. Jojo's bizzare adventure is 99% this, because the characters take the absolutely absurd shit as seriously as possible the audience is free to revel in the absurdity, while also being gripped by the plot.

The sponsors having it's own story and lore is one of the most creative things I've seen a youtuber do. I love it

Never punch down. That's what kicking is for :)

What’s JT’s beef with words beginning with H

Sarcasm love triangle sarcasm love triangle Am I TWA now

The basic idea behind humor is a benign violation of norms. If it’s edgy or dark, it plays on the panic response. While I enjoy most bwa videos this one is a little sub par.

"Let's just repress that like my freshman year of school" *mood*

Real talk though, the intro is how I used to make jokes.

The video begins: Praise Cthulhu Me: Yup. That's normal. Edit: 69 like. Nice.

Remember, the joke is ALWAYS worth more than consistent characterization! If you have the idea for a joke but it would require one or more of your characters to act horribly out of character - giving the readers whiplash and completely drawing them out of the story in the process - you HAVE to do it. The joke is obviously just SO funny that it should be a higher priority then anything else in the story! I'm sure that'll work out fine.

Based off JP's humor notes, I've finally understood why whenever I feel like I relate to someone's depression, I call it a "mood". Because depression is funny :D

"lets just repress that with like my freshman year of highschool" Hey look, funny quote!

4:12 Ah yes, I remember reading a story where a chicken was set on fire... And it was unironically funny.

This channel is very underrated.

Rasist jokes and deep black houmor are quite comon here in Czechia and nobody has problems with it, because everyone uderstands it's a joke.