Comments by "gnarth d\x27arkanen" (@gnarthdarkanen7464) on "How To Make Anyone Laugh" video.

  1. "...mostly the come to my mind way too late..." Had (and sort of still deal with) this exact problem, myself. I'd get through a conversation, and some five or ten minutes later, I'd have the PERFECT thing that would've punched the laughs up a couple notches! I'd kick myself (figuratively of course)... THEN I took up the habit of recalling and writing down a snippet of the conversation to lead up to my witty idea, and then scratch it out and try to explore the follow through... Just keep one notebook and pen around for the purpose. You don't have to go after it EVERY time, but most of the time, when you think of "the funny thing"... Get to your notebook and try to recall and retro-actively build the conversation as it could've been instead of as it was... Read it over... even rehearse it when you're alone... "... AND I should've said... blah-blah-blah..." AND while you rehearse, you can practice that tip about "taking on different characters" as you poke a bit of private fun at your friends/acquaintances/total strangers...etc... Better than worrying about speeding up your speech (got tips for that, too)... Get a thesaurus of your own... take notes about the regular stuff you find in conversation, and build your own metaphors and similes... Make some of your own "style" of those up, because folks probably haven't heard something quite like that before... and it will take them a minute to catch up. THIS trick slows the conversation down and takes the chance they'll find it hilarious... "Dumber than a whole bag of {hammers, hair, rocks, dog sh*t, etc...}" Picking up speed in speech... Read aloud. It doesn't take an audience, but a recording app and microphone are probably a good idea. Screenwriters often suggest one page is worth about a minute of the play/show... SO based on that, get your own "regulation" page and try to fit that into a minute... You'd be well advised (for control reasons) to be able to pace it for exactly (or as close as possible) a minute, and then start carving it down in "target times"... see how tight you can get it, BUT don't forget recording to go back and listen to it. Can you REALLY understand what you were saying... Fast paced speech is well sampled by Red over at Overly Sarcastic Productions (channel on YT) with her series' on myths and legends, or her takes on Trope Talks (a personal favorite), OR (best of all frankly) The series on "Journey to the West"... Listening and tuning your ears and mind to keep up with rapid speech is just as important as trying to talk faster with your own faculties... You can't pick up the pace of a conversation abruptly if you can't make your own mind pick up it's pace to adapt and still process the new pace as input. SO there you have it, my top list of exercises to the things you asked about. I hope at least some of it helps. It WILL take time, but these are all good ways to devote energy to improve. ;o)
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  2.  @cartelmusicc9565  You're welcome... You can also build up into "Role Play" with a few friends and a TTRPG, like D&D, Pathfinder, Cyberpunk, WarHammer, etc... Some folks don't have the kinds of friends that take to "roasting each other" regularly, so an RPG allows you to use a "proxy" (Player Character) to fictionally roast someone else's "proxy" (also a Player Character) rather than verbally abuse each other directly... It's just another way I got a LOT of practice. ;o)
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