: Re: Tips for humor writing Are there any techniques you can use while brainstorming to find humor to include in an article?

uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:How_To_Be_Funny_And_Not_Just_Stupid There are some good tips in this link, even if it's slightly skewed towards the format of it's own site, but I'll summarise the main points:
Going all-out true/untrue/random is rarely funny. You need a clever blend.
Bad Example:
"Donald Trump was born in the year 548723BC to Theodore Roosevelt and a turnip"
Better Example:
"Donald Trump frequently got into trouble in kindergarten for bullying due to his habit of building walls out of Lego blocks and attempting to make Mexican classmates 'pay for it'"
Repetition
It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.
Misdirection
This is where you take a fairly normal block of writing and veer off into a completely different direction entirely.
Example:
"Hitler's crimes included the murder of over 6 million people, the annexation of several European countries, the incitement of hatred across millions of German people, and a moustache that should have seen him hung by the fashion police years ago"
Or:
"Playing poker against Bob was never a challenge. His face was like a book. So much so that during the last game, I hurt him by trying to turn the page."
Choice of words
Oftentimes, it's a lot better to not state things outright but to exercise your lexicon a little bit. 'I realised that Edith was stupid' isn't as good as 'It dawned on me that the question of how Edith graduated high-school may well become the next Wonder of the World.'
Repetition
It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.
Understatement of the century
Pretty much as it sounds. "The Holocaust was a slight inconvenience to the German Jewish population"
Reversal
"Man-spider is an incredible superpowered spider with the ability to file taxes"
Repetition
It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.

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