rnalexander

No, that's not the author's argument. Look, I'll save you a click. Here's the line: "Cards Against Humanity is funny, but it’s not that funny."

No that's not what the video demonstrates because the people in the video are professionals.

Ironically the whole monkey-see-man-do-therefore-monkey-can-do-too argument that you're espousing with the 'professional status notwithstanding' line is itself demonstrating one of the actual points of the article, namely the 'I saw someone do this on jackass once so I should be ok to hurl myself out of this window while on fire and with my junk in a snapping-turtle' idea.

Yes, a perfect example of a person who does professional comedy being funny in a way that makes it look so easy that any rank amateur thinks they surely can do it as well (when they can't.)

Do you know that by invoking "Case of the Mondays" you're referring to a specific character from the movie Office Space ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB9zPfXqQQ ) who, in making that comment and then chuckling to herself as she walked away, presented almost a perfect example of someone who thinks they are far more funny than anyone else does? You do get that right?