Christopher Duffy

And also as someone who's taught comedy and taught workshops to people who have no desire to ever perform on stage, I've seen how you can learn these skills and bring more laughter and more humor into your life.

So I really do believe that that a sense of humor is a universal set of skills that that can be taught and practiced and learned.

You know, I'm gonna push back on you a little bit here.

I think that there are certainly people who are, as adults, it comes more natural to them.

But the idea that some people are born with it and some people aren't, I really don't believe that.

I think if you go to an elementary school,

and you look at kids who are, you know, eight, nine years old playing, you're going to see that they all have great senses of humor.

They're very willing to play make believe and pretend and ask silly questions and laugh.

You know, certain kids have a little bit more of a serious side to them as well, but they're able to access

humor and laughter in a way that I think a lot of adults aren't, which tells me that it's more of like we are we get socialized to to not do these things, to to not ask questions that might make us look ridiculous or look less impressive, that we get socialized to not pretend and that we get socialized to not pay attention to the small odd details and to instead focus on the things that are, quote unquote, normal.

So.

I do think that it is something that everyone has access to.

Of course, like anything, right?

There are people who are naturally faster and naturally slower.

I don't think everyone has the same level of ability, but I do think it's something that everyone has.

That guy's really funny.

Oh, of course.

Yeah, I guess the thing that I'm pushing back on is the idea that like you're born with it and you either can or you do or do not have it.

Like, sorry, I just wasn't born with it.

Oh, yes, this is undeniably true.