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I think I have a stand-up comedy problem.
It started with one clip.
One tiny, harmless stand-up clip that I watched because it showed up on my feed. I laughed. I scrolled. I thought that was the end of it.
Apparently, the algorithm thought otherwise.
Because then came another Samay Raina clip.
Then Shashi Dhiman.
Then Gurleen Pannu.
Then Zakir Khan.
Then Gaurav Kapoor.
At some point, Aakash Gupta and Ravi Gupta also entered the picture, and Anubhav Singh Bassi was obviously lurking somewhere in the background, waiting to make his entry.
And suddenly, my phone stopped showing me normal content.
I don’t know what happened to the recipes, movie clips and completely unnecessary shopping recommendations I used to get.
Now every third reel is someone holding a microphone and explaining something about relationships, parents, marriage, childhood or the general disaster that is adulthood.
And I watch all of it.
The most dangerous sentence in my life right now is probably, “I’ll just watch one clip.”
No, I won’t.
Because there’s no such thing as one stand-up clip. One clip leads to the full video.
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The full video leads to another special. The special leads to another comedian.
Then YouTube decides that because I watched 14 minutes of someone talking about their childhood, I obviously need 46 more videos about childhood.
And I don’t even fight the algorithm anymore.
I cooperate. I have reached the stage where I recognise comedians before I even see their faces.
A familiar voice starts, and I’m already like, “Oh, I know where this is going.”
That cannot be normal.
And then comes the really serious symptom: sending clips to people. Because watching something funny yourself isn’t enough anymore.
Someone else needs to watch it too. So you send the clip to a friend. And then you wait.
No response.
So you send another one, because clearly the first clip wasn’t enough evidence. Still nothing.
Now you’re personally offended. Not because they didn’t laugh.
But because they didn’t acknowledge your contribution to their comedy education.
And don’t even try watching stand-up with someone who doesn’t share your sense of humour.
You spend the entire time saying, “Wait, wait, listen to this part.”
They are already looking at their phone. You are pausing the video. Rewinding. Explaining the setup.
By the time the punchline arrives, nobody is laughing. Not even you. Because you’ve explained it to death.
But the worst part is that stand-up has somehow crept into everyday conversation.
Someone says something remotely funny and you immediately remember a comedian who said something similar.
Someone complains about marriage and your brain starts searching its internal stand-up archive.
Someone mentions parents and suddenly you have three clips ready.
I have become the annoying person who says, “You have to watch this.”
Someone needs to stage an intervention. My friends should sit me down and take my phone away.
“It’s been four hours.”
“No, it hasn’t.”
“It is 2 a.m.”
“Okay, but listen to this one.”
So clearly, I don’t have a stand-up comedy problem. I have a one-more-clip problem. And unfortunately, I don’t think there’s a cure.
Mostly because I’ve just remembered another comedian I haven’t watched today.
Sources: Blogger’s own opinion
Find the blogger: @diptisadh
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