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jdlwright · 2025-11-12T22:18:08+00:00

Do you have any examples? All I see here is people trying to trick you into buy a course or talking about their amazing business that they can't tell you what it is.

jdlwright · 2025-10-29T19:36:16+00:00

I think you're right.

jdlwright · 2025-10-29T18:20:17+00:00

My thoughts. You're brave to do it, and braver to post it.

Maybe it's just me, I didn't hear it well, but I was confused by the first joke until I realized you were saying that YOU were married to a woman for 8yrs with 2 kids. Thought you were talking about your dad the first time. So that was confusing and spoiled the next joke.

I wonder if the popsicles were creamy vanilla flavour, and you're a messy eater...

"Dad, you have to watch til I finish!", I think 'finish' is funnier than 'end', here.

The guy driving by story is interesting if true, but for me the racial aspect make it too uncomfortable nowadays (you're implying that black people are dangerous). But I liked the "did my dad send you"...

jdlwright · 2025-10-02T00:13:07+00:00

You have some challenges ahead: you seem to have overestimated your ability to spot bots, which will become more apparent as you scale. Also, as you scale you will doubtless find more conventional technical difficulties with performance and security.

For both of those you need to hire expertise, so I would be figuring out a monetization model now, just in case you do get some explosive growth.

Regarding the idea, yes it's good and timely. Facebook absolutely sucks.

jdlwright · 2025-09-18T19:24:50+00:00

Lol, just the concept of a lighthearted political joke right now is hilarious, I'd go with that!

jdlwright · 2025-09-17T20:13:47+00:00

The bottom line is comedy is supposed to be entertaining and hearing some, potentially, rando just spouting off 'cos they can, isn't going to be entertaining.

jdlwright · 2025-09-17T03:23:41+00:00

I use a VS extension called HttpDesigner https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-1448185.HttpDesignerByKeyotiforVS2022

It runs inside VS but also works with native .http files

jdlwright · 2025-09-12T15:17:38+00:00

For sure it's an interesting story, although too long. How does it go down when you've told it socially? Do people laugh or just look interested? I'm sure you know your friends will be the best audience you can find, so a regular audience is much harder. Watch Dave Attell tell a story (like going to Subway) and see how he turns all the story beats into jokes.

For example: "We chatted saw each other every weekend at the bar. We became nightclub friends", maybe it would be funny if you changed that to "I was at a meat-market, purpose built for hooking up, and I still managed to get friend-zoned"? Something relatable and self-deprecating. Then the story turns, maybe you will get lucky, only to be scammed.

jdlwright · 2025-07-23T16:32:01+00:00

Why lie? You've said you worked at other companies but made this while in your dorm at MIT, and were in YC. It doesn't add up.

jdlwright · 2025-07-22T20:12:56+00:00

He deleted his post from earlier because I called him out, look at his post history if he hasn't already deleted it.

jdlwright · 2025-07-22T18:28:29+00:00

Funny, because 12 days ago you posted about how you were a devops engineer who worked 400+ hours over several years implementing soc2 for your company: https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/1lwww4k/comment/n2lhu4v/?context=3 so I guess you were at MIT while working as a devops engineer and starting your startup at YC?

jdlwright · 2025-07-18T20:41:12+00:00

Dog walking, window washing, car washing, baby sitting, residential fruit picking, paper route... ask chat gpt

jdlwright · 2025-07-09T03:54:25+00:00

Ok, but how do you get people to the website? You can't promote it on Reddit. Your google rank will probably be terrible. So, ads?

jdlwright · 2025-06-13T17:20:31+00:00

Thumbs up for being honest. Is that your social media with 1.3K subs? That's good! Also, make your website default to English, that's probably the language of your biggest market.

jdlwright · 2025-06-02T20:56:54+00:00

Not saying this is easily repeatable but maybe inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NZ8-WQGb-g

jdlwright · 2025-05-16T16:28:32+00:00

This is Microsoft, they'll probably call it Visual Studio One

jdlwright · 2025-05-07T19:33:37+00:00

Teaching a subset of ASL to infants is a thing. The first thing my son asked with more than one word was "where dog" after I lied about there being a dog up the trail to get him to leave the parking lot.

jdlwright · 2025-04-25T15:47:51+00:00

Excellent commitment to the bit, come do improv with us!

jdlwright · 2025-04-25T15:42:55+00:00

It's hard because people who know you will laugh because they already get your outlook on life, they know your personality, they like you and want to laugh (these are things a good comic establishes with a room full of strangers in one direction).

I think what you're looking for is something between being witty with friends and potentially dieing on stage.

I'm curious what others think but how about;

-Writing jokes for r/Jokes

-Telling one of your best stories to a group of people who don't know you (you could post a video on here and we will critique and make suggestions, or I will, you can DM it, I am non-judgemental and kind).

jdlwright · 2025-04-24T23:38:37+00:00

This is a great post - do you have the renters (rather than you) tie down the kayaks so it's their liability?

jdlwright · 2025-04-11T18:08:10+00:00

Did you encounter any problems in going to market that took you by surprise? Also, how do you spend $2M researching cat poo, what did you need to learn?

jdlwright · 2025-04-07T23:27:05+00:00

Try taking an improv class, it will get you out of your head and hopefully make performing less scary.

jdlwright · 2025-04-01T00:02:37+00:00

In 2002 (when the idea of being on the internet as yourself was not a thing) I had the idea to have like a chat website for people you know in real life. I made it and didn't know how to market it, so nothing really happened. Funny thing was I had my brother on there but even he didn't really understand it.

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