When I told my parents I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 43 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Now look at you. Nobody's laughing now!

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Joker (2019)

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Lol, the jokes older than that. Many jokes are recycled or recalibrated for changing audience tastes.

Uk comic Bob Monkhouse told the following joke many decades ago:

"When I first said I wanted to be a comedian, everybody laughed. They're not laughing now."

smee@poeng.link · 4 pts · 1y

Butt jokes are older than humanity.

I thought they were talking about the film, not citing it for the quote.

When I tell dad jokes,

he laughs.

Oof, talk about mixed emotions.

Sounds like you are off to a good start

it's actually possible to transition to "President" as your career goes