I feel the blogs I have done in the past have slowly but surely shown different aspects of my personality through demonstrating tips about things I like to do or am passionate about. This blog is no different and will specifically introduce and expand upon one of my favorite character traits: humor. My sense of humor has changed and adapted over the years, but at its core, it centers on cleverness, creativity, and satire. I’ve had people tell me I have a very deadpanned, dry sense of intellectual humor but I also am a sucker for a good fart joke occasionally, so honestly, I’m pretty eclectic. I love memes, and one of my favorite sources of internet laughs is Twitter. So, here are my top seven favorite tweets of all time (that I could readily find).
1. This is the peak intellectual, tongue-in-cheek tweet. Simple, elegant, and worthy of an appreciative chuckle, this tweet shows culture, taste, and an ability to combine the modern with the classic.
2. One of my absolute favorite brands of humor is when two unlikely, completely unrelated things are combined to create an overall product that just elicits an involuntary guffaw based on its sheer ridiculousness and creativity. In this instance it’s household objects inserted in place of real, luxury items in a broken car. Not the most intellectual, but gets the job done.
3. This tweet exemplifies what I like to call the “second-hand relatable story-time” tweet. Essentially, it tells a funny story that in of itself is worth a small giggle, but the pièce de résistance is the fact that most of us probably cannot actually relate to this tweet on a personal level, but it is totally something we can see happening, so the story is not only funny but plausible as well.
4. This is a classic example of an intellectual, well-crafted roast that finds its humor in its accuracy. It’s the kind of tweet where after reading it, I just want to find the woman who tweeted it and give her a high-five and ask how her day was. I don’t even feel bad about laughing because I think we all know too many men who speak over women so sorry fellas you were asking for it.
5. I love The Office. That TV show inherently functions as a solid 40% of my humor and has for the past four years or so. The woman who tweeted this gem, Mindy Kaling, played Kelly in The Office, a boy-crazy employee who had a fling with Ryan, who is pictured in this gif. It’s almost a joke inside a joke because the concept of the misfortune of hooking up with someone the day before Valentine’s Day as well as the actress herself providing commentary work together to create a quick snort.
6. This is just another example of the short and sweet, wacky humor tweet that I really enjoy. The faux outrage over something completely ridiculous that is just soaked in irony and fake naivety resonates so much with me. Pro tip: this humor works best with a completely deadpanned delivery and innocent expression.
7. First off, I am from Houston, Texas so I have a completely normal, healthy, gigantic obsession with JJ Watt, Texans Defensive end and overall hometown hero. Watt happens to be engaged to my other favorite Houstonian sports legend, Kealia Ohai, who used to (☹) play for the Houston Dash soccer team. In this tweet, King JJ calls out the blatant sexism from the media outlet that reported on Ohai’s recent trade. Biting and direct, yet still respectful, this tweet demands higher standards and I started clapping when I first read it.
I hope you enjoyed my tweets and got a good laugh out of at least some of them! Humor is incredibly important, and I hope you have a fun dose of it mixed into your daily life to keep things light and interesting.