John Hodgman

For starters, don't be so sure that no girl likes you. Some girls are too shy to say anything. It can be so embarrassing if someone... more »

For starters, don't be so sure that no girl likes you. Some girls are too shy to say anything. It can be so embarrassing if someone finds out! Or you might be friends with a girl who likes you, but you just never thought of her that way.

The scientists have condensed comedy, to just three handy criteria: If something

A) Violates a moral or social norm

B) Is benign

C) Is... more »

The scientists have condensed comedy, to just three handy criteria: If something…

A) Violates a moral or social norm

B) Is benign

C) Is reconcilable

…then it's funny! You want your joke to be edgy and disrupt some kind of social more, but it also needs to be clear that everything is totally and completely fine. Just do that and you're funny!