The fact is if you make people laugh, they are less likely to shut you inside a locker. They will invite you to lunch. When you open your mouth, they will stop talking and, expecting to be entertained, quiet. Listen. Let their guard down. You disarm them with a few bad puns. Then, once you’ve got them laughing, they trust you, you can slip your knife into their side, they don’t even notice until they start to feel the ache.
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The Rumpus Interview with Elissa Schappell (via katiecoyle)
Pain often measures the difference between “humor” and “wit.”
(via novazembla)
