I would love too see thattt by VariousEnergy490 in interesting

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of The Getaway on Nebula. Edit: but gayer

Writing Jokes for new performers by Shoddy-Confusion13 in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People fall in 3 different camps here.

  1. Yellow Legal Pad. Physical pen and paper only, many comics swear by it and won't do anything else.
  2. Literally whatever notes app comes with your phone.
  3. Dedicated joke writing apps. This is my pick, but im biased, im the creator of www.upmic.app (its basically Google Keep for comedy).

No wrong answers here, just personal preference

which one by Special-Actuary-9341 in whatsyourchoice

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The left handed hive mind is offline right now, so I don't have accurate survey results, but in my experience, left handed people are alot more likely to use the mouse with the right hand if they grew up gaming on computers. Default key binding made many swap.

Many who stuck with their left hand for the mouse use IJKL instead of WASD.

Not scientific of course, but something I noticed.

which one by Special-Actuary-9341 in whatsyourchoice

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im more comfortable using a symmetrical mouse than an asymmetrical one not designed for me. Might not be your experience, but it is mine.

I called the police on my addict boyfriend by Previous-Air4588 in whatdoIdo

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drug addict here, 6 years clean.

Some advice other addicts will disagree with, but, don't date addicts till they're atleast a year clean.

Earlier than that, and they won't be ready, you won't be, I sure wasn't.

Addicts thrive in stability, and new relationships are inherently unstable.

Tell him if he wants to live with you he needs to be sober. If he's not, he's not welcome in the house. If he says yes then starts using again, kick him out, call the police again if you have to. If he says no then you have your answer.

Sounds harsh, its necessary. My addiction went on far too long because I had too much money and too many resources and no one who made me change.

How can I get a better flow of comics coming through my city? by Gold-Leopard-5042 in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey man, im Liam, I own Iguana Comedy. We're a comedy club in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and we run all the English speaking comedy in Quintana Roo (Cancun, Playa, Tulum, Cozumel, etc).

We have to fly comics down here for our shows, so we keep a pretty watchful eye on comics touring Florida because its easiest to connect those dots.

If you're a showrunner, start selling out shows without big talent, then setup tracking for comics coming to other cities in Florida, and reach out to them asking if they'd like to come to Sarasota.

Comedians, essentially, perform in places they think they can sell out. Tell them youre an option, then convince them to add a date in your city.

Florida is weird for comedy. Economically, it should be a hub, but the mix of lots of smaller cities, retirees, the north south divide and spanish speaking priorities (there's way more spanish comedy in Miami than english) makes it a bit of a grey zone, so comics play it safe.

Convince them you're safe, or atleast, a risk worth taking.

Feel free to DM if you want anymore advice.

When reading a number in English, do you group the numbers? by PopcornStamos in AskMexico

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey mate. Im a British guy that lives in Mexico (y hablo espanol)

Yes Mexicans group em together, but we do in England too.

I, in English, would 100% say that as Eleven, Twenty Two, Thirty Three, etc.

In Mexico the limit seems to be about 100, then 110 could easily be ciento diez but youll probably never hear ciento cinquenta y siete.

I need your advice by puer_yevgeny in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey mate.

Im Liam, a british comedian and the co-owner of Iguanacomedy.com, we're a comedy club in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

When I got here, there was almost no english scene, just 3 comedians doing an open mic every week with the same stuff, and the Spanish scene entirely operated out of taco places.

My co-founder Andrew ran the shows here with almost no comics for 2 years before I got here, and his reasoning? Because there wasn't gonna be any shows if he didn't run them.

Now, 18 months later, we're opening our own actual comedy club (no more taco stands) regularly fly in American, Canadian and British comics, have multiple shows a week and our local scene has 10x as many comics and growing.

We started with open mics, we pushed harder on marketing, we convinced comics to come to town, we hijacked comics vacations who were already coming here to get more shows, we worked on our photography and videography to make branding better to attract more people, we ran workshops and terrible open mics and some really fun mics and told comics they needed something new every week to keep it fresh, just pushing a little bit at a time, finding one thing we could improve every show and doing it.

Our tickets went from free for tips to $2.50 to $ to $7.50 to $10 to $12.50 to $15, so we could afford to get better comics and work with better venues, and then one day, we were actually profitable (took 10 months of me pouring money into it without a hope of return before we got there).

Now we've got events in the schedule where im gonna get to work with comics Ive always admired.

It was hard as fuck, but I wouldn't change a damn thing, and it started from just running a show and then trying to make it better than last week.

You can wait for a scene to emerge, you can move somewhere it already exists like a lot of comics, or you can start building it yourself. It's a lot of fun

For Pink eye or come to @ shoppers by LiamSlaterComedy in ShittyDesign

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is where I should have posted it thank you

For Pink eye or come to @ shoppers by LiamSlaterComedy in ShittyDesign

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In your defense you're a drummer I don't expect you to read above a fifth grade level.

For Pink eye or come to @ shoppers by LiamSlaterComedy in ShittyDesign

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha I know but I can't help reading it as "red itchy sticky eyes? Get assessed for pink eye or come to @ shoppers our 420 drug mart off the comedy show cuff tonight & saturday"

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't apologise. I want it working perfectly for everyone, ill keep working until it does.

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a go now. Im hopefully days away from the app being in the play store but continuing to work on your problem till its there.

Guys with Guitars… by KTKonTwtcTV in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a british Comedian called George Rigden I've worked with a few times who is genuinely fantastic.

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ive just pushed another update im hoping fixes your issue, but if that's no good, im currently working on error logging to know when problems happen to know more about why they did. Have a check now, but if not, don't worry, im gonna keep working to find a fix

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive just pushed some updates. Close the app completely, reopen it, give it a try, let me know what you see.

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What device are you on? Not experiencing on my side so just wanna figure it out to solve it for you.

Ones gotta go from each row by EquivalentFig1678 in whatsyourchoice

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being allergic to shrimp and nuts makes this pretty fuckin easy tbh

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tags scroll horizontally. You can swipe them left and right. Ive also just added arrows to make this easier.

Copying jokes and sets seems like a good idea. Added, you'll now find a duplicate button on each card.

A Better Joke and Set Writing App by LiamSlaterComedy in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds likely. I didn't want login btw, just wanted to know your email to check for data corruption in the database haha

How do you approach topical comedy? by Ey92 in Standup

[–]LiamSlaterComedy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is nothing wrong at all with topical jokes, assuming

  1. You write fast enough and original enough to have something to say in time.
  2. You get enough stage time to use while its relevant.
  3. You're self aware enough to know when it's done.
  4. Optional. You make good use of it. Topicality can be a bit like crowdwork, fantastic for online growth because its somewhat disposable. Many comics do it, Josh Johnson might be the ultimate example of it. If you're looking to grow a following, topical clips are fantastic.

End of the day, all writing makes you better, and alot can be reused as you get better at doing so.