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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8h

The next episode of The Comedy Bureau goes live at 7pm tonight. It’s the second in our series on comic theories and this one covers Relief/Release theory… youtu.be/DDK4D1Yn6ss?... If you watch live as it goes out you can chat with other viewers in real time about the theories and ideas.

Case File 6: Is It a Relief To Laugh?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

A new week - and a new huge milestone!

@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!

We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 4d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 4d

Second show is on Saturday: cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/festival/lex...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 4d

We're doing not ONE but TWO live shows of Lexx Education this week... and even if you don't listen regularly, they always say the best way to get into a podcast is to turn up completely unprepared to a live show: choose-se27-comedy-festival.designmynight.com/6881f6bd744d...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Kevin! I think I’m entering my “embrace the nerdy” phase of life!

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Kevin @yellingatsoccer.bsky.social · 5d

I'm absolutely loving this podcast, it's so nerdy.

Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Paul!

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Paul Bradbury @journopaulb.bsky.social · 5d

This is great! It’s hitting a sweet spot between my enjoyment of comedy and my sociology degree.

Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

The Comedy Bureau

Deep in the depths of the University of Niche Interests lies The Comedy Bureau – a long forgotten department dedicated to studying the ins, outs, whys and wherefores of all things comedy. Staffed by L...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

I’d love you to watch/listen, or if you have already please rate and review. It’s been a monumental slog to make, and now the job is sharing it far and wide.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

I wanted it to be a cross between the “two comedians navel gazing insightfully about their own comedy” genre and a history/education podcast/YouTube show.

I think it’s come out pretty well.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

Each episode is a well researched and explained dive into a single aspect of the world of comedy. Discussing the nature of what makes us laugh, how it’s doing it and often what this reflects about the world around the comedy.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5d

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

The Comedy Bureau

Deep in the depths of the University of Niche Interests lies The Comedy Bureau – a long forgotten department dedicated to studying the ins, outs, whys and wherefores of all things comedy. Staffed by L...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 6d

For a lot of them yeah 🤣 although I just finished checking off the last 3 episodes in the series and they have a bit more obvious answers!

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 6d

Ah I’m so glad you’re loving it! Have you heard ydays ep on Incongruity? I think by the end of the three I felt like I knew how I felt on comic theory but each theory alone doesn’t quite fit the bill entirely

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 6d

I heard Gabby Logan ask him about it on a podcast and you've never listened to someone sidestep a question with more grace. An art.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah.

The front cover of my book - Klopp Actually

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 6d

Oh man the hours of my life taken up by doing The Comedy Bureau. I didn't feel not busy before this but now suddenly every waking moment is getting something finessed for the show. I'm really enjoying it now it's out and you can actually see people enjoying it

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

If I say, “why yes I am allergic to tea and milk?” Will I still get my tea?

Is it just to be warned of ingredients by them if I were to have an allergy?

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

I was in a long queue at a railway station coffee bar and I ordered a tea.

“With milk?”
“Yes?”
“Any allergies?”
“No, just the tea please.”

He was unimpressed and I was, of course, being a less than model customer BUT it got me thinking.

What happens if I say yes?

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

It really and truly is. The next three weeks are really quite nerdy

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

The next episode of The Comedy Bureau is out tomorrow… we’re starting a 3 part mini series with each one focusing on a different one of the big three comic theories.

Tomorrow is Incongruity.

You asked for more weeds. We’re delivering big weeds.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 12d

I’m confident it’s made from the skin of Randall from Monsters Inc

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 12d

But did you watch it with people in the house?

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