Poll of the Day > Text is such a hard medium to be funny in

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DrPrimemaster 03/12/22 4:10:53 PM #1:	Are you funny over text? Yes No Are you funny over text? - Results (30 votes) Yes 66.67% (20 votes) 20 No 33.33% (10 votes) 10 I've done theatre, improv comedy, and presentations. All of which I have a pretty high batting average of being funny in. But in online dating, texting with a s/o, messaging online, I bomb so often. Not sure what to do, this consistently holds me back in everything these days. What do y'all do? --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:963391880] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote> Are you funny over text? Yes No Vote View Results Are you funny over text? - Results (30 votes) Yes 66.67% (20 votes) 20 No 33.33% (10 votes) 10 Show Voting Form I've done theatre, improv comedy, and presentations. All of which I have a pretty high batting average of being funny in. But in online dating, texting with a s/o, messaging online, I bomb so often. Not sure what to do, this consistently holds me back in everything these days. What do y'all do? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Veedrock- 03/12/22 4:11:29 PM #2:	DrPrimemaster posted... What do y'all do? Get moderated. --- My friends call me Vee. I'm not your friend, buddy. <cite>Veedrock- posted [p:963391892] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>DrPrimemaster posted... </cite> <quote>What do y'all do?</quote>Get moderated. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrPrimemaster 03/12/22 4:12:09 PM #3:	Veedrock- posted... Get moderated. A classic. --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:963391909] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>Veedrock- posted... </cite> <quote>Get moderated.</quote> A classic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blightzkrieg 03/12/22 4:35:39 PM #4:	Every time someone responds "lol" to my posts, I let one of their family members go. --- http://i.imgur.com/1XbPahR.png <cite>Blightzkrieg posted [p:963392455] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>Every time someone responds "lol" to my posts, I let one of their family members go. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UltraIchi 03/12/22 5:13:07 PM #5:	I'm guessing your jokes are read differently compared to performing when you have body language, timing, enunciation, and your appearance to take advantage of. Maybe you could use emojis or punctuation marks to add some emotion to your writing, or read your writing out loud to make sure it comes off the way you intend --- I am evil https://i.imgur.com/kNEhaIe.mp4 <cite>UltraIchi posted [p:963393288] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>I'm guessing your jokes are read differently compared to performing when you have body language, timing, enunciation, and your appearance to take advantage of. Maybe you could use emojis or punctuation marks to add some emotion to your writing, or read your writing out loud to make sure it comes off the way you intend </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wpot 03/12/22 5:28:41 PM #6:	If I want to say anything meaningful I don't text, because yeah: texting sucks for anything other than simple info. Comedy more complicated that a poop emoji won't work well. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. <cite>wpot posted [p:963393621] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>If I want to say anything meaningful I don't text, because yeah: texting sucks for anything other than simple info. Comedy more complicated that a poop emoji won't work well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 03/12/22 5:31:06 PM #7:	I feel like you need a funny story, a simple setup and punchline just doesn't work as well I have made people laugh over text by telling them a funny story --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:963393677] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>I feel like you need a funny story, a simple setup and punchline just doesn't work as well I have made people laugh over text by telling them a funny story </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 03/13/22 7:52:30 AM #8:	Thank goodness for emojis. --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:963406237] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote> Thank goodness for emojis. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 03/13/22 12:55:01 PM #9:	It's hard to do word puns with text. "When they operated on father they opened mother's male" "I just washed my hair and can't do a thing with her." --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:963410749] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>It's hard to do word puns with text. "When they operated on father they opened mother's male" "I just washed my hair and can't do a thing with her." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 03/13/22 2:22:43 PM #10:	captpackrat posted... It's hard to do word puns with text. "When they operated on father they opened mother's male" "I just washed my hair and can't do a thing with her." What about times where it only works in text? Like "why is skrillex a bad fisherman? He kept dropping the bass" --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:963412794] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite> <quote>It's hard to do word puns with text. "When they operated on father they opened mother's male" "I just washed my hair and can't do a thing with her."</quote>What about times where it only works in text? Like "why is skrillex a bad fisherman? He kept dropping the bass" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrPrimemaster 03/13/22 6:53:38 PM #11:	UltraIchi posted... I'm guessing your jokes are read differently compared to performing when you have body language, timing, enunciation, and your appearance to take advantage of. Maybe you could use emojis or punctuation marks to add some emotion to your writing, or read your writing out loud to make sure it comes off the way you intend I appreciate this, I'll try to see how I can incorporate it. wpot posted... If I want to say anything meaningful I don't text, because yeah: texting sucks for anything other than simple info. Comedy more complicated that a poop emoji won't work well. Hard Agree. rexcrk posted... Thank goodness for emojis. I've never liked emojis, maybe that is what holds me back. --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:963419265] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>UltraIchi posted... </cite> <quote>I'm guessing your jokes are read differently compared to performing when you have body language, timing, enunciation, and your appearance to take advantage of. Maybe you could use emojis or punctuation marks to add some emotion to your writing, or read your writing out loud to make sure it comes off the way you intend</quote> I appreciate this, I'll try to see how I can incorporate it. wpot posted... </cite> <quote>If I want to say anything meaningful I don't text, because yeah: texting sucks for anything other than simple info. Comedy more complicated that a poop emoji won't work well.</quote> Hard Agree. rexcrk posted... </cite> <quote>Thank goodness for emojis.</quote> I've never liked emojis, maybe that is what holds me back. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 03/13/22 6:55:03 PM #12:	I can be funny over text but with emojis it's more easy to get across my sarcasm, humour and stuff. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:963419302] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>I can be funny over text but with emojis it's more easy to get across my sarcasm, humour and stuff. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrPrimemaster 03/13/22 7:17:26 PM #13:	What do emoji's even mean. Jesus, kill me. --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:963419818] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>What do emoji's even mean. Jesus, kill me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kyuubi4269 03/13/22 9:47:40 PM #14:	DrPrimemaster posted... What do emoji's even mean. Jesus, kill me. You can just use normal ;) emojis and unorthodox markers for - perhaps - emphasis or if you're literate, textbook ones; there's no need to write formally for spoken word transliterations --- Doctor Foxx posted... The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas. <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted [p:963423380] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>DrPrimemaster posted...</cite> <quote>What do emoji's even mean. Jesus, kill me. </quote> You can just use normal ;) emojis and unorthodox markers for - perhaps - emphasis or if you're literate, textbook ones; there's no need to write formally for spoken word transliterations</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Veedrock- 03/13/22 10:03:22 PM #15:	Embrace the --- My friends call me Vee. I'm not your friend, buddy. <cite>Veedrock- posted [p:963423706] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>Embrace the </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 03/17/22 1:54:34 AM #16:	I like to think so. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:963516524] in Text is su... [t:79939892]...</cite> <quote>I like to think so. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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