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Reggie Watts

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Yeah.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Well, I mean, you know, it's like, it's just this kind of like realization that, uh,

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

you know, like what makes people laugh and what triggers laughter.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

And I just kind of realized that all humor is essentially, it's working off a paradox.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

So you're setting up an expectation, you're subverting the expectation.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

and in the annihilation of the two things um and you know the creation of all things but like the when that hits in that moment it triggers a response from people and the response is like this instantaneous awareness of

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

you know, I mean, for lack of a better term, like everyone's divinity or what I like to call the absurdity of life.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

And so it just kind of flashes and people react and they laugh, you know, because they're like remembering essentially.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

So in that moment, I always think of it as instantaneous enlightenment.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

And there's different levels of laughter.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

There's kinds of

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Yeah, for sure.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Well, I mean, comedy is like, you know, comedy specifically absurdity.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

I mean, all comedy, but absurdity for me is kind of,

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

another level in the sense that it not only unveils the well i think it unveils the true nature of reality so whatever is being talked about whatever the subject matter is you're not only revealing what it is but you're also dismantling what it is and and in meaning meaning that like um

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

you are kind of like you're commenting on what it is, but then you're also reminding people that ultimately everything is nothing and and everything, everything is paradox.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Essentially, like reality is paradox.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Paradox is the engine of this reality.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

So, you know, so you're kind of like diving into that and you're kind of like showing like not only is this cup a cup, but also this cup is made of subatomic particles that essentially are that don't exist but do exist simultaneously.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

You know, like that type of shit or whatever.