<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Topics tagged with normmacdonald]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of topics that have been tagged with normmacdonald]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/tags/normmacdonald</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 21:37:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/tags/normmacdonald.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[There&#x27;s two ways to write a joke.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This blew my mind. The example he gives of the first style is Seinfeld, “It’s a show about nothing”.I guess an example of the opposite would be Macdonald himself, or someone like George Carlin who made comedy out of the biggest subjects, religion, war, and government.I’ve become fascinated by Macdonald over the last few years, a comedian’s comedian, someone who spent his professional life dissecting and studying comedy. The eternal questions - what is funny, and why?https://youtu.be/jmO6SNbE--k?is=539BbzlriTiBS29n]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0cafc315-ffe4-4d1d-9568-119a69d5768f/there-s-two-ways-to-write-a-joke.</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0cafc315-ffe4-4d1d-9568-119a69d5768f/there-s-two-ways-to-write-a-joke.</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexanderdyas@mindly.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a guy is really convinced of an afterlife, then life becomes more and more trivial.]]></title><description><![CDATA[@woe2you @EvoScale Lovely idea, and it makes for a great metaphor as well.]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ee3d90c6-ea51-4992-9f66-a0d24d7997dc/if-a-guy-is-really-convinced-of-an-afterlife-then-life-becomes-more-and-more-trivial.</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ee3d90c6-ea51-4992-9f66-a0d24d7997dc/if-a-guy-is-really-convinced-of-an-afterlife-then-life-becomes-more-and-more-trivial.</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexanderdyas@mindly.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate></item></channel></rss>