The Funny Thing About That
Andrew TarvinWeekly insights on humor as a professional skill. Research, strategies, and stories from a Humor Engineer with 16M+ TEDx views.
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You weren't issued a sense of humor at birth
We say someone “has a great sense of humor” the same way we say they have blue eyes. As if it came standard at birth, issued alongside the birth certificate and a lifelong habit of laughing at their own jokes (who, me? Couldn’t be...).
It’...
The skill with no gym.
I follow a lot of parenting accounts on my personal Instagram. The good ones, not the ones designed to make you feel like you’re failing a child you love.
They’re smart people sharing useful ideas, little scripts for hard moments, and fra...
I just took a 'Strength' away from a lot of people
One of the eight competencies the Humor Intelligence Assessment measures is Consideration.
It’s the skill of noticing how something lands and whether it actually fits the moment, the thing that keeps a well-meant joke from turning into a t...
I workshopped a comedy bit with singer Mat Kearney
Earlier this week, I was backstage at a conference in Austin with singer-songwriter Mat Kearney.
Photo by Breezy Baldwin
He was the opener (musically), I was the opener (keynote-wise). We had about ten minutes before the show started and...
Do you leave your sense of humor at home?
Where does your sense of humor go when you walk into your office?
I don’t mean rhetorically. I mean literally. The version of you that makes your friends snort-laugh at dinner, drops the perfect line into the group chat, and laughs off the...
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