Despite having a 280-character limit, people on X are crafting some of the most comical content you can find online. And what’s not to love about it? The posts are short, sweet, and funny, perfectly appealing to our attention spans, which are seemingly shrinking by the minute.
The Instagram account “Omg Story Time” collects the crème de la crème of humorous content on X, which we’re featuring today as a little treat for doing your best all week. Keep scrolling to find them, and be sure to upvote the ones that made you uncontrollably chuckle the most.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with stand-up comedian Shaun Eli, who kindly agreed to provide us with a few insights on why X became a hub for funny content.
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To get expert insights on why X (formerly Twitter) is a place where funny people thrive, we reached out to stand-up comedian Shaun Eli, who has been called one of America’s smartest comics.
He believes that there are two main reasons why there’s so much hilarious content on the social media platform. First, he says, “It’s a popular medium with a huge user base, so it’s a place for comedians to get noticed and have their content shared (or stolen, for that matter).”
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Secondly, he suggests, “It’s easy enough to type your thoughts so anybody can find an audience for their content, pro comics, or anybody else.”
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Some would argue that being funny through writing takes a lot more talent than saying a joke out loud. A lot of non-verbal things, like mannerisms, vocal tone, appearance, and delivery, contribute to comedy. Without being able to use them, the person who wants to come across as funny has to find more creative ways to do it.
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However, Eli suggests that spoken and written comedy have some things in common, such as putting the actual punch part of the punchline (the surprise) at the very end. This component is very important if you want to make people laugh, whether it’s on X or a stand-up stage.
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”Once people get the joke, you’re finished, so any extraneous words after that just serve to interrupt. Almost every punchline can be reworded to make sure that it ends with an actual surprise,” further explains Eli.
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Even though there might not be a secret formula that can teach people to create funny tweets, knowing the basic joke structure might help. Usually, there are two parts to it: a setup and a punchline, which Eli has already mentioned.
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The former introduces the topic the joke will be about, and the latter, as discussed previously, takes it in an unexpected direction. Playing with words, like using puns, is also one way to achieve comedic effect in written jokes.
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However, Eli believes that in the future, X will no longer be the place for funny content as it is now and was in the past. “I think that Twitter will become less of a medium for jokes as time goes on as it continues to become more of a forum for lies and hate speech rather than shared reasonable thoughts and facts. I know professional comedians who have stopped posting there for that reason.”
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