Being Funny

I can say with some pride that I am considered funny unanimously and those who don't think so definitely are not in my good books. Now women are generally considered the ones who laugh and not the ones who make others laugh. While I do think many men that I have come across (family and friends) are quite funny, I believe a woman can have a very distinct and sharp sense of humour. Tina Fey, J.K Rowling (Harry Potter had a good dose of light-hearted humour), Sofia Vergara, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence. (Okay Too much Peter), Kovai Sarala, Manoramma and many more ( lazy to recollect more names)

Here are some tips to being considered a funny one

1. Always laugh at others' jokes
Only when you laugh at others'jokes will they laugh back at yours. Sometimes theirs may be painfully unfunny, but I have been in that place where I have cracked a joke and it has fallen completely flat. Trust me, that hurts. Don't put anyone through that, Karma will bite you really hard


2. Crack jokes about yourself
This gives you the upper hand. You are making fun of yourself! So that means you are denying someone else that chance. This way, you will go easy on yourself during the self mocking. Plus when you make fun of others, they can't mind because you make fun of yourself too. All evened out .


3. Watch a lot of Aadithya channel
Being a tamilian, I'd advise all those who want the "funny"tag to watch Aadithya or other comedy channels on TV. You get to pick up on the comic timing of Santhanam, Vivek and Vadivel. And throwing around their dialogues always brings out laughs. Plus its fun ! Also keep up with the Fb memes, like the Lingusamy ones.

For the non tamils, Watch Modern Family (Phil Dunphy), Friends (Chandler) etc. And for the Hindi ones, I'm not the right person to suggest.

4. Exaggeration
Take a normal story, add spice and masala to it, dramatise it, add comic references, narrate your mind voice and voila. You have the perfect funny story to tell people.

P.S Don't exaggerate to an extent where people think you're just hamming it up to get some laughs. That would have you crossing the line from trying to be funny into being completely desperate.

5. Try to do impressions of people
It's fun ! And if it works then Jackpot ! You're funny !

6. Be natural
Try your hand at these tactics, if you're not successful, just drop it and be who you are. Or don't even try . Just ignore this post