03/23/2026
Okay I have a "confession" to make:
I have never really enjoyed much stand-up comedy. All those specials on Netflix? I watch them stony-faced, or rather I don't watch them. Watching the crowds in the shows, it feels like fake laughter, they're just laughing because they're there and they're supposed to laugh and have a good time.
This is not to say that I don't enjoy comedy, or laughing! I do, both, very much! Any time! But stand-up. Most of it is...weirdly unfunny.
So, watching this, laughing for 5 minutes straight...
Unpopular opinion: Most stand-up comedy...isn't funny. This 5-minute routine by Trevor Noah? Funny. Okay I have a confession to make: I have never really enjoyed much stand-up comedy. All those s...