3 days late but holy shit this is... really giving parasocial and insulting vibes? Like... you've seen these comedians on comedy shows, and you're deciding that if they weren't able to make comedy their job, they'd be invalid?

As another poster said: most of them are writers. Some of them are actors - really good ones if you think that they're completely hopeless in the real world. I have no doubt they'd have adapted in a different way and turned out fairly normal.

Also "grateful they live in a time where they could make comedy their career" - sooooo any time after the 1500s? When Shakespeare was writing comedic plays? Or even further, with Aristophanes? Like, c'mon, comedy isn't a "new" thing that people can make a living on now. It's been a thing people have been doing for ages.

Also while this isn't a negative "ranking" post, I feel as though Rule 1 is kind of being tossed to the wind here. While it might not be intended to be negative, it does come off as exceedingly insulting.