A poor joke must invent its own laughter.

Summary

This quote suggests that a joke that is not funny or well-crafted needs to rely solely on its own efforts to generate amusement or laughter from the audience. Unlike a well-executed joke that naturally evokes laughter, a poor joke lacks innate humor and requires additional effort, such as forced laughter or artificial reactions, to make people find it amusing. Essentially, it emphasizes the lack of inherent comedic value in a joke that falls flat and highlights the struggle to make it entertaining.

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