Why are all comedians depressed or mentally ill?

Why are all comedians depressed or mentally ill?

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Comedy is a coping mechanism or some shit, look it up

they use their humor as a way to cope with the pain

If whores took all your money and the only way you could eat was to dress up as a old lady and make a "comedy" you'd kill yourself to.

Because life is a joke

Misery loves comedy

it's one of the only things that keeps me going

Many are but Robin Williams killed himself over the fact that he was suffering from severe dementia and fully aware he was losing bits of his mind.

Its the only form of live entertainment where its acceptable to harass and scream at the performer aka heckle them

Says a lot of stand up

Yes. Humor is litterally a defense mechanism the brain uses to deal with things it can't fully process.

To answer the question its because it usually takes a cynic that sees the world differently than most to actually be able to point out the absurdities in life.

Carlin seemed like a pretty chill guy.

lmao

that is the worst answer to this question I've ever heard. christ

Who makes them laugh?

heckling is not considered acceptable though

unless the comedian is known for taking down hecklers, then it becomes part of the act so to say

but you will get banned from comedy clubs if you heckle comedians

"You don't have to be crazy to work here. But it helps!

>Yes. Humor is litterally a defense mechanism the brain uses to deal with things it can't fully process.

that cant be true

i can fully process a chicken crossing the road but here we are mr chicken

That joke works on two levels though. The triteness of the punchline being "To get to the other side" and the other meaning of the phrase, which is dying. It's a joke about a chicken committing suicide by car and no one fucking realizes this.

quora.com/Why-do-so-many-stand-up-comedians-suffer-from-depression

>and the other meaning of the phrase, which is dying. It's a joke about a chicken committing suicide by car and no one fucking realizes this.
nigga I never hear anyone point that out or think of this joke that way. It's just as simple as getting to the other side of the road, the joke it's in that is obvious. maybe you have autism

Nah, I'm just that faggot that uses dumb "DID YOU KNOW THAT IT COULD MEAN THIS" trivia shit to impress women and other faggots.

just fyi no woman or other person has ever been impressed and you probably do have autism cause my autistic brother does the same thing

he'll whip out wikipedia factoir after factoid but he can't clean himself or have a job in his entire life

it's frustrating because he's pretentious but it's completely unfounded and you'd think being all childish would make him kind and naive but he's really quite mean and bitter

ok that was a good thing to get off my chest

I'm glad you got that off your chest but shitty trivia is literally how I met my wife. Also, I accentuate my faggotry on an anonymous Somali scuba enthusiasts forum. Damn son.

That seems very "Glass half empty-half full" to me.

The sad clown is cliche because it is true.

Because they have to see the world for what it is in order to make others laugh at it.

because according to them, comedians are really fucked up people and it shows because normal people don't really look at the stark reality of this shit and start to laugh at how goofy it all is

i think the only "real" mentally ill comic i like is maria bamford. most of them are just drug abusers, sociopaths and jews

comedians are literally too smart for the world
humor is the only way they can fully attract the attention of the baboons who rampage our land, but even then they think it is just a joke brah

It's a racket to try to keep people that would be better than them out so they can keep lazily producing "comedic content" and have it be considered acceptable

Also this si why Moore named Comedian well The Comedian, he was the only one who say the true nature of the world and made fun of it

after a while its absurdism or nihilism... comedians lean to the former but many mix with the latter (and arent that funny, like doug stanhope)

but i agree you require intelligence to get to those two forks in the road. most people just fall through life without ever analysing it.

Because who makes the clown laugh?

It's a joke originally based on subverting the expectations. You set up a joke question, but give completely straight (If pointless) answer. But now since everyone had heard it it keeps mutating in attempt to subvert new expectations.

what the fuck does this mean.

are you saying amy schumer and aziz are depressed? they smile like rich merchants knowing they're unfunny but they're a souless article for hollowood. indian is in. fat unfunny kike? ALWAYS in

Polo Polo is neither of those.

to get so into telling jokes you make a living out of it probably stems from compensating for low self-esteem

same reason actors are usually fucked up, they get into it to escape their own life by becoming characters or because they have an excess of emotion to draw upon

>remember being impressed by him when I was young
>I wish I could be like him when I grow up
>the only thing i want to do now is die and contemplating suicide
I guess that's one goal in my life that I can achieve after all

nice post and dubs user, never thought of that.

Who is Moore and what is The Comedian?

technically he isn't depressed anymore

The autor of Watchmen and a character from Watchmen

zelda pls go

Youi know why politial comedy is so popular? Because in reality people don't understand jack shit about, but comedians know it is important for the people to know
Political comedy is the equivalent of your mom smashing vitamins pills in your hot cocoa

Thank you.

It's because there are a lot of people who go to comedy to feel good rather than be amused, and if someone can keep up the energy of deriding their opponents, these people in the audience will feel like they've had their money's worth.

You sound like you've been dissed by a comedian kek

Yes
In the end your stuffed your ass with chocolate and milk but AT LEAST you know a tiny little bit of politics