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Katie Nguyen’s Jokes Are Noticeably Lacking in Mean Spirit. Instead, She Pulls Humor Out of the Absurdity of the Everyday. “People with a weird sense of humor tend to like me more. There’s people who think I’m not funny at all, who like things that I don’t think are funny at all. That’s cool.” Katie Nguyen Funniest Five Winner 2021 (Thomas Teal) Updated February 5 A high school teacher by day, Katie Nguyen was prepared for the shift to virtual teaching in at least one major way she had already dealt with hecklers.