which is i have the kind of brain, thankfully still going, which thinks of a joke at 4:00 in the morning, thinks of something like, i really want to say this. i do want an audience for it because i m a comedian. i can t get an audience at 4:00 in the morning. during the pandemic, i couldn t get an audience at all. you can put that on social media and, yes, you might get trolled, but you might also get people saying really funny things back to you, liking it or whatever. and that feels like an outlet. and i know there s something shallow in there. of course, there s a narcissistic element to that, but at the same time, it is the same reason why i m on stage. and so, it sort of filters through to me as, like, that s why i m doing it, because at heart, i have got things to say to an audience. so, it s part of the evolution of your business of funny. yeah, it definitely is. yeah. i just want to ask you how you perceive this sort of prevailing preoccupation there seems to be in our cultur
but there is another reason for me personally, which is i have the kind of brain, thankfully still going, which thinks of a joke at four o clock in the morning, thinks of something like, i really want to say this. i do want an audience for it because i m a comedian. i can t get an audience at 4am in the morning. during the pandemic, i couldn t get an audience at all. you can put that on social media and, yes, you might get trolled, but you might also get people saying really funny things back to you, liking it or whatever. and that feels like an outlet. and i know there s something shallow in there. of course, there s a narcissistic element to that, but at the same time, it is the same reason why i m on stage. and so, it sort of filters through to me as, like, that s why i m doing it, because at heart, i have got things to say to an audience. so, it s part of the evolution of your business of funny. yeah, it definitely is. yeah. i just want to ask you how you perceive this sort of pr
so that s one reason. but there is another reason for me, personally, which is i have the kind of brain, thankfully still going, which thinks of a joke at 4:00 in the morning, thinks of something like, i really want to say this. i do want an audience for it because i m a comedian. i can t get an audience at 4:00 in the morning. during the pandemic, i couldn t get an audience at all. you can put that on social media and, yes, you might get trolled, but you might also get people saying really funny things back to you, liking it or whatever. and that feels like an outlet. and i know there s something shallow in there. of course, there s a narcissistic element to that, but at the same time, it is the same reason why i m on stage. and so, it sort of filters through to me as, like, that s why i m doing it, because at heart, i have got things to say to an audience. so, it s part of the evolution of your business of funny. yeah, it definitely is. yeah. i just want to ask you how you perceive
a narcissistic element to that, but at the same time, it is the same reason why i am on stage. and so, it sort of filters through to me as like, that s why i m doing it, because at heart, i have got things to say to an audience. so, it s part of the evolution of your business of funny. yeah, it definitely is. yeah. i just want to ask you how you perceive this sort of prevailing preoccupation there seems to be in our culture right now with offence and with providing safe spaces where people of all different sectionalities and interests can be safe, given haven from offence. are you worried about that whole idea? well, in the show, i suggest something, which i do believe, which is that i think some of the anger you see on social media is about identity. so far as, i want to confirm my identity. i want to confirm i m part of this tribe. it s tribal. yeah. and one way of doing that, one way of confirming your tribal identity, certainly on social media, is to get angry. and one easy place