How To Crack Up Your Coworkers (Without Being Offensive)
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Last week we learned about using the four different styles of humor to your advantage, and who makes a good target for a joke. But what if you read the room wrong and absolutely bomb? On this episode of How To!, the second in a two-part series, we resume our conversation with Naomi Bagdonas, co-author of Humor, Seriously!, and Michael Terry, the most hilarious hedge fund guy we've ever met. They swap stories about office jokes that fell flat, how to navigate a suddenly tense situation and what to do if your humor accidentally offends someone (especially your boss).
If you liked this episode, check out "How To Be Funny" with comedian Gary Gulman.
If you want to discover your own humor style, take the test on Naomi and Jennifer's website.
Do you have a joke that killed at the office, or totally bombed? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.
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| 0:00.0 | heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from GoDaddy. |
| 0:03.3 | One day the owners are like, |
| 0:04.8 | this business hasn't reached this potential. |
| 0:07.1 | And the other one goes, |
| 0:08.1 | we need a bigger piece of the pie. |
| 0:09.8 | And then it hits her. |
| 0:11.1 | We need GoDaddy. |
| 0:12.0 | Look, we can get a domain name and create an online store |
| 0:14.8 | so we can sell to more customers. |
| 0:16.8 | Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies |
| 0:19.1 | to a vlogging nationwide. |
| 0:20.9 | And now everyone's like, |
| 0:22.3 | vegan pies are the new thing around here. |
| 0:25.0 | Wait, no me! |
| 0:26.4 | Tid a next step on your business journey with GoDaddy. |
| 0:30.6 | An ASMR guide for Marmite first-timers. |
| 0:34.3 | First, toast your pillowy soft bread. |
| 0:38.4 | Push that. |
| 0:40.8 | Liberally spread that butter. |
| 0:43.4 | Stroke that Marmite open. |
| 0:46.4 | Dip that knife. |
| 0:48.5 | And spread that. |
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