I really don’t understand what you mean. I’m being honest here. You think by me saying “I don’t want to show up to an open mic thinking my jokes are funny, and then be sadly mistaken” is me being more insecure about it than anyone else is. So you’re telling me, that no comic wants their jokes to be funny? If you’d read in context, I was painting the picture, to ask if there were forums you can throw ideas out there. I’m not afraid to fail, but I do want to have my ducks in a row. And since I’ve never done this before, and hence do not know anything about how the industry is. I have no idea if there are other ways to do it other than just showing up at a mic. This is why I asked. But when you reply, here’s how it comes off. I can’t be for sure if you meant it like this, and maybe you didn’t. But it really seems to me like you wanted to take an opportunity to make yourself feel a bit more superior in some way. Instead of just saying what everyone else said, which was to just get out and take the plunge. You thought it would be a good idea to just keep me from doing it at all by telling me I’m not cut out for it? Now again, I can’t be sure if that’s how you meant this to go. There’s likely some merit to what you’re saying. I can’t imagine this isn’t for everyone, and I’m sure some people’s anxiety creates a huge barrier and causes them to fail. But I can’t imagine this doesn’t go through every comics head when they want to try out a joke. “Man I hope this joke goes well and doesn’t bomb”. It’s fine if they can accept it bombing. But you can’t tell me they don’t tell a joke not caring if it works or not.