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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/43967
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:How\_To\_Be\_Funny\_And\_Not\_Just\_Stupid](http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:How_To_Be_Funny_And_Not_Just_Stupid)

There are some good tips in this link, even if it's slightly skewed towards the format of it's own site, but I'll summarise the main points:

# Going all-out true/untrue/random is rarely funny. You need a clever blend.

Bad Example:

"Donald Trump was born in the year 548723BC to Theodore Roosevelt and a turnip"

Better Example:

"Donald Trump frequently got into trouble in kindergarten for bullying due to his habit of building walls out of Lego blocks and attempting to make Mexican classmates 'pay for it'"

# Repetition

It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.

# Misdirection

This is where you take a fairly normal block of writing and veer off into a completely different direction entirely.

Example:

"Hitler's crimes included the murder of over 6 million people, the annexation of several European countries, the incitement of hatred across millions of German people, and a moustache that should have seen him hung by the fashion police years ago"

Or:

"Playing poker against Bob was never a challenge. His face was like a book. So much so that during the last game, I hurt him by trying to turn the page."

# Choice of words

Oftentimes, it's a lot better to not state things outright but to exercise your lexicon a little bit. 'I realised that Edith was stupid' isn't as good as 'It dawned on me that the question of how Edith graduated high-school may well become the next Wonder of the World.'

# Repetition

It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.

# Understatement of the century

Pretty much as it sounds. "The Holocaust was a slight inconvenience to the German Jewish population"

# Reversal

"Man-spider is an incredible superpowered spider with the ability to file taxes"

# Repetition

It's stupid but it works. just repeat a point intermittently in your block of text.

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