Developing wit

Cyntack · 2019-07-13T23:28:07+00:00

Watch stand up comedy, or any comedian in a social setting.

Pay attention to how they take information and construct a joke from what they know. A lot of the time a joke would stem from an exaggeration of an observation.

Some of my personal favorites are Bill Burr, Tom Segura, and more recently, Mark Normand

The_Zero_Betas_Plan · 2019-07-14T00:03:21+00:00

Watch lots of sitcoms and stand-up. In social settings, fire off one-liners in your head so you get into the habit before saying them outloud. When you enter a particular environment, anticipate the kind of wit you'll need and have a couple lines at the tip of your tongue, ready to fire out at a moments notice.

PB0034 · 2019-07-14T02:15:40+00:00

Shoot the shit and develop wit.

For me it’s pretty natural, I don’t even have to think about it. It’s like my brain is on auto mode.

moto101 · 2019-07-13T22:20:16+00:00

I’ve always had a lot of wit and I think the thing that has helped the most is having a good healthy memory and being curious.

I remember a lot of shit that I read, listen to, watch, and experience and that comes in handy when needing to make a joke out of something fast.

I also have some good guy friends that we always shoot the shit with, think “Sopranos” deli scenes and general shit testing. Someone is always making a playful dig and you’ve gotta be witty with a comeback or you’ll be getting laughed at, in a good way.

Some people have it, some people don’t. I would say work on learning, talking to people, and memory recall.

Title	Developing wit
Author	youwontfindmeout
Upvotes	3
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Date	July 13, 2019 8:27 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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