How To Be Funny in 2020

Hi! This year has been awful, no? At this point it’s a bad Twitter joke to harp on the fact that 2020 sucks. Remember when we hated 2016? LOL, WE HAD NO IDEA. Times are tough but the question stands, “in the year 2020, can we still be funny?”

As a professional comedian . . . (a fact you can Google - but also ignore the demo reel I made six years ago that should be on private settings on YouTube but isn’t because I’m bad at computers) . . . I am here to tell you there are still very easy ways to be quite funny in 2020, the year of our Satan.

However, to make it easier I thought I would categorize things into “Ways to be funny” - and just in case you need a refresher “ways to not be funny” - in 2020.

WAYS TO BE FUNNY IN 2020
Using the hashtag “#ProudBoys” in a way to support the LGBTQ2S+ community.

Oh man this is a good thing. The original Proud Boys hashtag was brought back to light by the president that we dare not speak his name, mentioning this racist hate group during the September 29th presidential debate. However, instead of feeling indignant rage at these hateful creatures, sprinkle some glitter on these fools and watch this hashtag turn from hate to images of couples celebrating their touching (and sexy) displays of love! Hilarious in the way that laughter trumps hate!

WAYS TO NOT BE FUNNY IN 2020
The president that we dare not speak his name Jokes

We have officially laid Trump jokes, especially those which call attention to his body mass, to rest. Forever. LET THEM DIE (like the way a certain recently sick President, should maybe just let the virus we have had to endure take him into the underworld). It is hack joke telling, and the equivalent of putting a hat on a hat.

WAYS TO BE FUNNY IN 2020
Mitch McConnell jokes.

I’ll allow it. Making fun of that turtle looking POS still has plenty of juice left in it.

WAYS TO NOT BE FUNNY IN 2020
Instagram filters.

Sorry, but you’ve heard it here first, putting on an Instagram filter that makes you have a moustache and then talking like a different character is only interesting to the person using said filter. It’s like telling people about your dreams. It is NOT interesting. Except, I did have a dream about hooking up with Hugh Grant at the BAFTA awards, and I think that’s a very interesting dream to anyone and everyone including Hugh Grant. And if you were wondering, yes it was Hugh Grant in his current era aka. 60 years old.

WAYS TO BE FUNNY IN 2020
Get a tattoo.

I did this on a whim because I was bored. People think it’s pretty funny because the tattoos aren’t very well done. I guess that’s funny.

WAYS TO NOT BE FUNNY IN 2020
Get a tattoo.
It’s not that funny. I’ve ruined my body.

WAYS TO BE FUNNY IN 2020
Wearing a mask.

According to all fashion magazines women love men with a sense of humour. So let that Cosmopolitan magazine issue from 1996 guide you into being lucky in love by wearing a mask. Being funny is chic, cool, and proves you have the brain capacity to keep our world safe.

WAYS TO NOT BE FUNNY IN 2020
Marching in an antimask rally.

It’s not funny. It’s infuriating. Also if you’re one of those cool dudes that wear an “Anonymous” mask while marching in that rally, you are still wearing a mask, so, I guess thanks for doing your part in the dumbest way imaginable.

WAYS TO BE FUNNY IN 2020
Watching The Golden Girls.

Watching this extremely relevant 80s sitcom in 2020 is just good sense. Now that it’s streamable, it’s truly the only television show that matters right now. Allow yourself to be inspired by the positivity of Rose, the wry wit of Dorothy, the insult skills of Sophia and the WAP of Blanche.

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