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The lazy humor trick that works even if you “aren’t funny”

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So, bro, in this video, I'm going to

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tell you the easiest and the laziest

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trick to be instantly funny in any

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conversation,

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even if you're not funny. Now, the

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reason why I found out about this is

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because throughout my entire life, I've

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always struggled with making people

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laugh in conversation. And let me tell

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you something, I I remember when I was

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in middle school and high school, I was

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improving my social skills. I was

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getting better at talking to people, but

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no matter what I did, I could not be as

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charismatic as the people who were

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instantly funny and made everybody laugh

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in conversation. And I remember I tried

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uh doing research online, seeing how to

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make people laugh and how to be more

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humorous, but for some reason, I could

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just not make people laugh. I would say

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a bunch of random out-of- pocket things.

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People found that stupid. I remember

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people would instantly instantly

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straight up tell me, "Okay, bro. We got

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to work on your sense of humor a little

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more." And

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because of this, I stopped. I was like,

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"You know what? I'm just going to say

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this chill guy, you know, I'm just going

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to be that nonchalant guy who's cool to

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talk to, but not necessarily funny." But

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something inside of me always told me

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and always wanted to make more jokes,

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to make people actually like laugh and

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like actually want to be around me. And

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because of this, I didn't really touch

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on this topic. I never really did any

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experimentation until I realized and

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found out about a trick that I found out

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recently that has changed the game for

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me. Like literally friends have

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literally told me to do this more

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because it's funny. People have

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literally told me, "Oh, you should do

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this more because we're laughing every

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single time you do it." And this thing I

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don't see on the internet whatsoever.

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And this thing that I'm talking about,

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which is the easiest way to make people

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laugh, is literally doing voice

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impressions. Now, you might be confused.

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You might not know what a voice

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impression is, but I'm going to tell you

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this. This is you need to add this right

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now to your life. So, most people know

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what a voice impression is, but a voice

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impression is when you literally copy

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and mimic somebody's voice or somebody's

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accent. Now, I'm going to tell you

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exactly step by step how to do this, but

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I'm going to tell you my story and how

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this changed the game for me. So, a

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couple months ago, I started watching

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this politics podcast. The host name is

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Kyle Kolinsky, and you know, I'm into

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politics. He gives me my daily news, but

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this guy, he's also charismatic as well.

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And so, every single time he talks about

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politics, he always does a Trump voice

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impression. So, here's basically his

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voice impression, right? When he talks

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about Trump, right? He's like, "We're

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going to take Greenland. We're going to

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take Greenland, extract all of their oil

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and resources." And so, every single

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time that he did that, it would be

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funny. And I remember this podcast, I

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would also talk about with other people.

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And I remember I started copying this

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voice impression of Trump. And the

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people that I would talk to about, they

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started laughing. They're just like,

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"Yeah, bro. his his his voice

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impersonation is so funny. And so I was

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like, wait, if this is so funny, I'm

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just copying Donald Trump's voice, why

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don't I do it with other people? And so

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I remember this one time I have a friend

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of mine who talks really low. His voice

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is really deep. And so I was talking to

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him and then I was mentioning this

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friend with a deep voice to another

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friend. And because of that, I started

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imitating the deep guy's voice. You

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know, I started talking to somebody else

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and I was just like, "Oh, did you talk

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to Jack?" He's always just like, "Oh,

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bro, I don't know. I didn't do my

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homework whatsoever." And as soon as I

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did that voice impression of my friend

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with a deep voice, the friend that I was

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talking to, he started instantly

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laughing. He was like, "Bro, you need

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you should do more voices. It's funny."

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And so I realized, dude, it's simply

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just voice impressions. And because of

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this, I've been doing the Trump one

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more.

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And I started doing that to friends and

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they're just like, "Dude, you should do

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that more. It's so funny." And so, the

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reason why I'm telling you this is

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because the reason why I believe this is

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funny is because you are simply doing a

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voice impression of somebody, which is

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impressive, right? But second off, it's

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unpredictable.

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The voice impression that you're going

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to do isn't going to be expected by the

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other person. And so if you simply just

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copy people who have really distinct

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voices like Trump, maybe you have a

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friend with a high pitch voice, maybe

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you have a friend with the low pitch

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voice. You can simply just copy those

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and reference them in conversation. Now,

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here's the thing. There are a couple

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rules to this. There's a way to do this

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right and there's a way to do this

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wrong. So, I'm going to tell you exactly

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step by step what to do. So,

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the number one first thing when doing

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voice impressions is you need to put

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yourself into that other person's

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character. You need to be into character

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when you're doing a voice impression of

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somebody else. So, for the Donald Trump

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one, right, if I'm trying to imitate his

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voice, you can't be half and half. You

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can't have one foot in and then one foot

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out. Both feet need to be inside of that

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character. So, you can't be like, "We're

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going to take Greenland. We're gonna

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take Greenland and we're gonna extract

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their oil and resources. You need to

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have the facial expressions. You need to

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go all in. That's what's going to make

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it funny. You need to be like, "We're

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going to take Greenland. We're going to

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take Greenland. Extract all of their oil

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resources." Now, here's the thing. Humor

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is very trial and error. There might be

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a chance that the person might not

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laugh, but very highly they will laugh

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because it's unexpected. Okay? So, you

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need to have yourself into character.

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Second tip when doing this, you cannot

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do this all the time. You want to

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sprinkle a little bit here and a little

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bit there. If you do it too often,

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people are going to get very annoyed by

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this, okay? It's going to be watered

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down. So, you want to do this only when

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your conversation is constantly

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referencing a specific person, a

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specific a specific accent, you know.

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So, that's something to also keep in

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mind. And the third thing as well is

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that you need to look for

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certain people to uh do voice

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impressions and you can practice as

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well. If you can practice your voice

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impressions,

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that is going to make a key difference

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and you're going to be known as the guy

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who can imitate any single voice. So

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like for example, my friend that had a

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deep voice, you know, I can instantly

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just do a deep voice like this, right?

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My voice is already deep. So that's

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something that I don't really need to

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practice, right? So, I feel like you

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could do any voice. You could do any

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high or low voice impression, right? But

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when it comes to certain people like

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Donald Trump, I I don't even feel like

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my Donald Trump voice impression is that

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good, right? But I've been practicing a

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little bit. But if you can practice this

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even more that is going to be such a

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game changer for you. So, this trick

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works so much is because you don't have

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to think about this grand thing to do

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this. You don't have to come up with a

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classic oneliner. You don't have to

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think about anything outside the box.

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You are literally just copying and

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pasting

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something that already exists and an

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unexpected moment. So, this has changed

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the game for me. Check this out. Copy,

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practice voice impressions of

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celebrities accents. It's going to

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change the game for you. Like, share,

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subscribe, and I will see you in the

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next one. Peace.

Interactive Summary

The video explains an easy and 'lazy' trick to become instantly funny in any conversation: using voice impressions. The speaker shares how struggling with humor led him to discover that mimicking celebrities or friends with distinct voices is effective because it is unpredictable and impressive. He provides three key rules for success: committing fully to the character, using impressions sparingly to avoid being annoying, and practicing specific voices or accents.

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