Ridi, Pagliaccio

I am trying my hand at stand up comedy.  My first open mic was a failure, maybe because the audience was under thirty. Or more likely because I was not funny. The only laugh I got was when I wondered if comics have success in love.

Not sure who is supposed to laugh, the audience or the Pagliacci.

Addendum:

I ran this text by Perplexity and Gemini.

Perplexity offered serious advice on stand-up for beginners.

Gemini understood the drama and the doubts, but recommended I use the Joker from Batman to match the audience's  cultural ....

shrinking brain

The Neanderthals had a larger brain than the modern man's, sapiens or not.. It seems that size is less important than brain organization...I have all the apps Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity....preparing for   upcoming shrinking of my functions....

And a bag of rice in case of climate derangement.

tribal-like academic communities

By creating a unique lingo through their obscure writing style and by forming tribal-like academic communities where they could mimic the presentation of academic findings 

Chomsky makes me sometimes uncomfortable, but so true here...