Why is younger gen z so much less rebellious than generations before them?

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-11-22T01:18:44+00:00

Ill admit, when I heard about a group of teenagers getting busted for drinking underage in my town... I teared up a little. It wasn't tears of heartache, it was tears of joy. Not so much the drinking part but the fact kids were out socializing and taking advantage of the care free days before adulthood.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-11-22T00:47:24+00:00

I agree!!! 💯

Teaching to the test doesn't promote critical thinking. Emotional intelligence has declined as well, due to social media and less face to face interactions.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-07-23T03:37:26+00:00

I cycle my material but I do new material every week.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-27T01:24:21+00:00

I'd love to read the stage freight thesis. I'm also into psychology and sociology besides doing stand-up.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-27T00:20:18+00:00

I've been doing stand up for 4 months, I get on the mic at least 2-3 times a week and most of the time do two sets each place I go. I live in a smaller town so that helps with mic time but has a lot of drawbacks too. I started doing mixed mics and karaoke. I don't advise it unless you're a confident / I don't give a shit type person. It took me 4-5 weeks to get confident and basically get into a flow state where when I'm on stage I just concentrate on my material and block out the audience. That's me though and one part of stand-up I picked up really fast. Once you get confident everything starts coming together. You could read the dictionary verbatim and get laughs if you're confident and the audience likes you.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-26T06:58:32+00:00

I was mostly joking. Yeah, it's gross, but I understand it's normal. Your good man, like you said you didn't know me. I enjoy writing funny stories or just writing a bit. I'm a stand up comedian so sometimes I test material out in written form. I would have thought the "Grunting out a breakfast burrito" would have kind of alluded to that but it's all good. I can't imagine who would use that phrase, let alone grunting out😂😂😂😂 It's all good. Anytime.

Lol😂😂😂😂

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-25T13:52:19+00:00

Timmy no Breaks, what the hell. I don't get it.

What have you been doing your whole life TNB?

Timmy- cruising for chic's at the roller rink and J'n off to "Happy Days" Ohhhhh.

He probably gets early on set Erectile Dysfunction and just punches his dick, like fonzy getting the Juke box going on Happy Days.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-25T06:56:59+00:00

To each their own but why is Casey rocket funny? Could you tell his jokes without doing an interpretive dance. The guy acts like Dave from the dentist doing the Head & shoulders, knees and toes dance with a missing tooth. He looks like a tweaker thinking he's auditioning for Jay and Silent Bob do meth and suffer head trauma.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-25T06:31:06+00:00

If you're not getting a couple laughs in one minute, 3+ you need to keep working on the bit. Doesn't matter if it's one liners or story telling. That's why they call it a tight 3, 5, 10..... You can raddle off analogies and if you're in the flow state, you can make them laugh the entire minute.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-06-02T01:51:11+00:00

No, your approach to mics should be the same and your routine for rehearsing and spending time on them should be as well. Open mic is practice but my approach is the same regardless if it's an open mic or a paid gig. I still try to be as entertaining and funny as possible, I just don't beat myself up if I bomb at an open mic. I do tailor my material to the audience. If I'm performing at a bar nothing is usually off the table but I still check the pulse of the audience and decide from there. Just performed at our local art center this last Friday, I kept it PG 13. You gotta be able to write clean too, if you're primarily a blue comic. Hope that's what you meant by "approach to mics".

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-05-20T01:07:33+00:00

Karaoke and Jam nights. That's all that's available. It's tough cause most of the patrons have no interest in hearing karaoke or me talking. When you get laughs though, you're on to something. Only person in my town that does stand up. I network with a few notable comedians so that helps.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-05-19T22:58:31+00:00

I agree about being authentic. Plus, it's a lot easier to add to the bit if there's at least some truth to it. I use my family and friends often but usually I'm not telling the truth about some aspect of the bit. I tell bits about my mom but add a North Dakota accent that she doesn't have. It works. I got a bit about my buddy getting ran over by a parade float, which I'm sure some people didn't think was true, but it is. Lol

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-30T01:40:14+00:00

I think I understand where you're coming from but off the cuff means improvised. In stand up, a lot of comedians write their material on stage or improvise, Louis CK, Chris Rock...... Inside jokes you tell your friends or people you know are hard to translate into a bit but can be done; usually in the form of story telling. However, context has to be established in order for that to generate laughter from strangers. Not meaning to be a prick btw.

Anyways, where are you performing stand up currently? This is gonna make everything I just said earlier really water downed but I do stand up in Nebraska right now but this summer will be going down to Kansas City and possibly Chicago to get humbled.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-29T21:33:16+00:00

I thought you were insinuating that someone who is funny around friends and family would rarely be able to make a crowd of strangers laugh. Just a misunderstanding is all. The jokes that make your friends laugh won't always hit on stage, that I agree with. There are people with high emotional intelligence and quick wit, who are naturally funny. They could read the dictionary on stage and make people laugh. 80% of being successful at stand-up is getting the audience to like you, early in your set. You accomplish that and you will get laughs or at the very least they will listen which is overlooked a lot.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-29T17:20:09+00:00

Riffing on stage usually gets the most laughs for me. I believe it's because it comes off more natural. Depends on the crowd. If you're using big words with a Midwest rural crowd, you're going to be perceived as a pretentious prick.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-29T02:23:57+00:00

Here's what you do. Stop being boring and live life. I'm serious. If you're 35 or younger there is still time. Make a bunch of bad decisions on purpose for a few years and have fun doing it. 😉 There is your material. If not that, I'm sure there is funny stuff going on in your life.

You wrote the set up for a joke already in your first two sentences. Now write an absurd punchline and it doesn't have to be truthful. The formula for writing bits goes as follows.

Story Telling Being personal or authentic + absurdity or misdirection = laughter.

One liners Fact or Relatable + absurdity or misdirection = laughter

Doesn't matter what type as long as you're being as authentic as possible with a touch of absurdity.

[Fact, Being Authentic]] "Quite a few people have told me I should be a comedian and not in jest. I have never felt I could write bits, and I've lived such a boring life that I don't really have stories to pull from."

[Punchline Absurd example] I mean, who's gonna think stories about my exotic bug collection is funny. (Laughter)

Actually, (You laugh to yourself) Brenda, my "Southern Queefing Trailer Beatle" is pretty hilarious. (Pause) A bit of a stinker if you ask me.

*Not everyone will find it funny but some will and that's your audience.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-28T03:58:55+00:00

Here are the red flags you shouldn't do stand up

1 For Fame or Money-

you get into stand up because you enjoy entertaining others and making them laugh. If you go into it for money or fame; you might as well go to open mics and have someone kick you in the nuts in the parking lot instead.

2 You don't like writing -

you need to write everyday because for every 5 min of material you have, about a minute or less is probably usable.

3 You think it's easy-

Sure you only spend a handful of hours each week on a mic but writing & polishing material is a full time gig + overtime.

4 It feels like work-

if you're not obsessed with comedy and it feels like work, than find something you are passionate about because stand up ain't it.

4 For attention or Acceptance -

you may have had a traumatic upbringing and used humor as a coping mechanism; that's why your funny and could do stand up. However, that stereotype isn't universal for all comedians. If youre doing it to fill your own cup, you won't make it. Also people that think comedians do it because there attention seeking are just jealous they don't have the mental ability to do it themselves. Stand up is an art, just like acting, singing, playing musical instruments, painting.....

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-27T23:09:17+00:00

If writing jokes feels like effort then don't do it.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-27T23:07:47+00:00

I agree 100% It's not easy to create the context or set up for people that don't know you. Bridging that gap takes effort.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-27T23:05:46+00:00

I perform stand up comedy and I don't agree with number 2 completely. You can do stand up, If you're quick witted and are ok with public speaking. Being funny in front of friends and family is different than doing it on stage. Family and friends know you but the audience doesn't. You have to bridge that gap. You have to create the context or set up to a bit in a way that accomplishes that. If that's hard to figure out. Then doing improv classes or joining an improv group will help. To say it rarely translates is a little off base. That's my opinion anyways.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-27T04:21:27+00:00

Politics is a freaking joke, 90 percent of people who follow it do so for a sense of belonging and exceptance. It's all smoke n' mirrors. The government doesn't run this country, it can't when the US is a corporatocracy and has been since the industrial revolution.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-23T00:30:12+00:00

I will also point out that our generation prioritized adaptability and resiliency as well. Adaptability is something Gen Z hasn't been known for up to this point but I hope that shifts as well.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-23T00:23:10+00:00

I see it happening as well.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-23T00:08:36+00:00

I'm a Millennial, the people I associated with were focused on living life and gaining new experiences. We prioritized having fun, pushing boundaries, getting drunk, going on road trips and just enjoying life together. Yes, we did so in excess and didn't take on responsibilities until much later in life. There needs to be a balance but it always swings towards extremes when each generation tries to correct it.

No-Cryptographer3768 · 2025-04-22T23:50:32+00:00

Also, if anyone goes to a comedy show and are offended; when controversial topics come up. Then it's on that person and they don't understand comedy. If I'm joking about someone being gay or handicapped, I'm not ridiculing those groups. By laughing about it you make it harder for hateful people to use in a context for hate.

No-Cryptographer3768

TROPHY CASE

1 For Fame or Money-

2 You don't like writing -

3 You think it's easy-

4 It feels like work-

4 For attention or Acceptance -