Sam Irby

It's the only way that I'm okay is if I can like laugh about it.

Well, I think, so I grew up super poor, but in a like weird sort of poverty where I was surrounded by a lot of people who had money and parents. And when you're a kid, you don't really have any idea of who has what. You just know like what you don't have. For me, I had to find a way to sort of

Well, I think, so I grew up super poor, but in a like weird sort of poverty where I was surrounded by a lot of people who had money and parents. And when you're a kid, you don't really have any idea of who has what. You just know like what you don't have. For me, I had to find a way to sort of

Well, I think, so I grew up super poor, but in a like weird sort of poverty where I was surrounded by a lot of people who had money and parents. And when you're a kid, you don't really have any idea of who has what. You just know like what you don't have. For me, I had to find a way to sort of

I was going to say rationalize, but that's not the way to like see what I lacked and not feel bad about it. Right. So it's like, I don't have all of this stuff. My mom was really sick and then she went into a nursing home and then. I bounced around in foster homes and stuff. And it's like, this has to be funny or it'll kill me. I think that's my philosophy to this day.

I was going to say rationalize, but that's not the way to like see what I lacked and not feel bad about it. Right. So it's like, I don't have all of this stuff. My mom was really sick and then she went into a nursing home and then. I bounced around in foster homes and stuff. And it's like, this has to be funny or it'll kill me. I think that's my philosophy to this day.

I was going to say rationalize, but that's not the way to like see what I lacked and not feel bad about it. Right. So it's like, I don't have all of this stuff. My mom was really sick and then she went into a nursing home and then. I bounced around in foster homes and stuff. And it's like, this has to be funny or it'll kill me. I think that's my philosophy to this day.

It's like, even in the most bleak of circumstances, I have to find the joke in order to keep going. Because I am not a traditionally hopeful person. Right. I'm like, oh, I guess I can make it. And so the laughter sort of keeps the I guess I can make it going.

It's like, even in the most bleak of circumstances, I have to find the joke in order to keep going. Because I am not a traditionally hopeful person. Right. I'm like, oh, I guess I can make it. And so the laughter sort of keeps the I guess I can make it going.

It's like, even in the most bleak of circumstances, I have to find the joke in order to keep going. Because I am not a traditionally hopeful person. Right. I'm like, oh, I guess I can make it. And so the laughter sort of keeps the I guess I can make it going.

Yeah. I can laugh at this thing. So both my parents died when I was 18, not together, which would have been cheaper, more emotionally economical for me. Yeah. At my mom's funeral, so like, I was like 18. I mean, you barely have a brain at 18, right? I couldn't deal with grief, but I also couldn't deal with people like looking at me because, you know, everyone's always looking at you.

Yeah. I can laugh at this thing. So both my parents died when I was 18, not together, which would have been cheaper, more emotionally economical for me. Yeah. At my mom's funeral, so like, I was like 18. I mean, you barely have a brain at 18, right? I couldn't deal with grief, but I also couldn't deal with people like looking at me because, you know, everyone's always looking at you.

Yeah. I can laugh at this thing. So both my parents died when I was 18, not together, which would have been cheaper, more emotionally economical for me. Yeah. At my mom's funeral, so like, I was like 18. I mean, you barely have a brain at 18, right? I couldn't deal with grief, but I also couldn't deal with people like looking at me because, you know, everyone's always looking at you.

You're the star of the movie. And so we were at her funeral and it was like really sad. My sisters and I are sitting in the front row and the minister who was performing the service didn't know my mom very well, but he knew my sister because it was at her, the church she went to. And my sister's name is Carmen. And he kept referring to my mom as Carmen.

You're the star of the movie. And so we were at her funeral and it was like really sad. My sisters and I are sitting in the front row and the minister who was performing the service didn't know my mom very well, but he knew my sister because it was at her, the church she went to. And my sister's name is Carmen. And he kept referring to my mom as Carmen.

You're the star of the movie. And so we were at her funeral and it was like really sad. My sisters and I are sitting in the front row and the minister who was performing the service didn't know my mom very well, but he knew my sister because it was at her, the church she went to. And my sister's name is Carmen. And he kept referring to my mom as Carmen.

And when I tell you I was screaming laughing, like by the end, by like the fourth time, I was like falling over in the pew laughing and my sisters were laughing and I was just like, okay, this is how we get through this, right? Like it's terrible and we're going to have to like sort through her stuff and figure out how much debt she was in and all that stuff. But to get through that moment,

And when I tell you I was screaming laughing, like by the end, by like the fourth time, I was like falling over in the pew laughing and my sisters were laughing and I was just like, okay, this is how we get through this, right? Like it's terrible and we're going to have to like sort through her stuff and figure out how much debt she was in and all that stuff. But to get through that moment,

And when I tell you I was screaming laughing, like by the end, by like the fourth time, I was like falling over in the pew laughing and my sisters were laughing and I was just like, okay, this is how we get through this, right? Like it's terrible and we're going to have to like sort through her stuff and figure out how much debt she was in and all that stuff. But to get through that moment,

I was like, shouldn't you climb in there? Like pointing to the casket. She was just like, I'm going to beat your ass after this funeral. You have to find the one absurd thing and just like cling to that till you get through to a good place.