# Ask the intravert who's taking an improv comedy course **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824 "2014-01-14T22:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/81 "2014-01-17T18:36:42Z")
:::surgeon is afraid of knives and needles::: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/82 "2014-01-17T19:31:46Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > :::surgeon is afraid of knives and needles::: “What kind of world do i live in where some Assclown with a cattle prod steals All Of My Press…!?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/83 "2014-01-19T06:01:43Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > So how was the second class? Maybe she quit showing up at the class, too. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/84 "2014-01-19T16:16:36Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > Maybe she quit showing up at the class, too. Snerk. This thread is heading for classic status. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/85 "2014-01-19T21:02:52Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Snerk. This thread is heading for classic status. It just needs 1 more (cattle) prod to put it over the top! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/86 "2014-01-19T21:54:23Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > IntrAvert. > > It’s an entirely different thing. …altogether. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/87 "2014-01-19T22:50:07Z")
[everyone, all together] It’s an entirely different thing. [/e,at] ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/88 "2014-01-20T03:55:37Z")
That made me lol so hard. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/89 "2014-01-20T04:42:39Z")
This thread is like one giant whoosh. The OP takes about being an editor with an anal attention to detail and there’s a glaring typo in the title. She talks about how funny she is and can’t take an obvious good natured joke. She’s going into improv but is thin skinned as can be and gives up on this thread after answering like two questions from the “audience.” It would be Andy Kaufman like genius if it weren’t true. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/90 "2014-01-20T04:48:17Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It would be Andy Kaufman like genius if it weren’t true. Thank you very much ~ Latka ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/91 "2014-01-23T17:22:54Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This thread is like one giant whoosh. > > The OP takes about being an editor with an anal attention to detail and there’s a glaring typo in the title. She talks about how funny she is and can’t take an obvious good natured joke. She’s going into improv but is thin skinned as can be and gives up on this thread after answering like two questions from the “audience.” > > It would be Andy Kaufman like genius if it weren’t true. Has anybody submitted it to Threadspotting yet? Because it’s one of the best threads I’ve seen on here in ages. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/92 "2014-01-23T18:02:29Z")
> [@Krav\_Manga](#): > > Followup question (although it seems that you have abandoned the thread). > > I hear that improv can be difficult for the easily offended. Has there been a situation in one of your classes where a student totally misunderstood a joke and blew up about it? Did the student apologise for the misunderstanding? 😃 Do they allow you to wear a hat when you critique your classmate’s skits,or do you have to [/hat off]? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824/93 "2014-01-23T19:13:08Z")
I think they go _Tweet!_ when it’s time for you to relinquish the mic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-intravert-whos-taking-an-improv-comedy-course/678824.md?page=4)