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Mar 16, 2021Liked by Chuckry Vengadam

Any scene with Jared Dunn from Silicon Valley. I usually don't find pitiful characters funny (thinking specifically of how I couldn't stomach a lot of the jokes made at the expense of Jerry Gergich from Parks and Rec), but something about the way Jared delivers lines about his tragic, unfathomably out-of-pocket past so matter-of-factly just really gets to me. Also - Dr. Glaucomflecken's Tik Toks. Dr. Glaucomflecken is an ophthalmologist who became famous on MedTwitter for his irreverent Tik Toks that poke fun at the stereotypes of different medical specialists or the actually very unfunny struggles of exhausted, overworked, exploited, verbally abused, disillusioned medical students.

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Yes Jared Dunn is 80% of the reason I continued to watch Silicon Valley after S2, his jokes land sooo well

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I think things are funny when they’re true. Which is weird to say, but for example I saw this TikTok the other day that was like “next time a Virgo talks shit about u just ask them how their stomach is doing... it’s probably hurting rn” which was so funny to me bc one of my good friends in a Virgo and she’s notorious for having stomach issues lol. That’s a very niche example but those are the kinds of things that make me laugh really hard.

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OMG I am also a Virgo and am so obsessed with gastrointestinal health--i evangelize mind-body connection to my friends so often. My stomach is literally always inflamed or bloated or some shit and it messes with my mood. That is funny lmao

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