Issues / Issue 5
Ronnie, The Dumb Blond Dummy That Deserves Our ...
There’s nothing more respectable, for me, than people who find their thing, and throw everything at it. And when that thing, that thankless, exhausting, underpaid, overly vulnerable, under appreciated thing...
Ronnie, The Dumb Blond Dummy That Deserves Our ...
There’s nothing more respectable, for me, than people who find their thing, and throw everything at it. And when that thing, that thankless, exhausting, underpaid, overly vulnerable, under appreciated thing...
Letters to Skeet
Lauren Wiginton - In a recent clear out, my brother found a box that turned out to be a time capsule. Inside were dozens of handwritten letters sent to...
Letters to Skeet
Lauren Wiginton - In a recent clear out, my brother found a box that turned out to be a time capsule. Inside were dozens of handwritten letters sent to...
The War on Comedy - Thoughts from the Trenches
Max Goldstein - On 9/17/25, it was announced that Jimmy Kimmel was “indefinitely suspended” from his late-night show on ABC after 22 years on-air. The decision was made in...
The War on Comedy - Thoughts from the Trenches
Max Goldstein - On 9/17/25, it was announced that Jimmy Kimmel was “indefinitely suspended” from his late-night show on ABC after 22 years on-air. The decision was made in...
Be sure not to forget to...
Bill Farrant - My friend Dave made a status update on Facebook that said, “Sorry if I deleted you. If I don’t talk to you, then what’s the point?”...
Be sure not to forget to...
Bill Farrant - My friend Dave made a status update on Facebook that said, “Sorry if I deleted you. If I don’t talk to you, then what’s the point?”...
Laughter as a Universal Language
Megan Weisenberger - A few weeks ago in London I got an ad for "laughter yoga" run by someone who goes by "Lady Haha". And while I didn't have...
Laughter as a Universal Language
Megan Weisenberger - A few weeks ago in London I got an ad for "laughter yoga" run by someone who goes by "Lady Haha". And while I didn't have...
A Pleasure List
Megan Weisenberger - “I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” ― Oscar Wilde One of my favorite substacks is called The Pleasure Lists –...
A Pleasure List
Megan Weisenberger - “I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” ― Oscar Wilde One of my favorite substacks is called The Pleasure Lists –...
Twihard: Finding Laughter and Community in a Tw...
Frank Najarro - Joy and humour are heightened when shared with other people, especially those who just get it. Twihard: A parody musical fully grasps this. With a deep...
Twihard: Finding Laughter and Community in a Tw...
Frank Najarro - Joy and humour are heightened when shared with other people, especially those who just get it. Twihard: A parody musical fully grasps this. With a deep...
Joy at the End of Life
Miranda Garcia - Interview with palliative care physician Dr. Priya Raja When we think of joy, it’s often associated with youth — the sheer delight of a child’s...
Joy at the End of Life
Miranda Garcia - Interview with palliative care physician Dr. Priya Raja When we think of joy, it’s often associated with youth — the sheer delight of a child’s...
Social Senseis
Max Rubin - Being online recently, I’ve noticed an uptick in a certain model of comedy. It’s what I would describe as “Pov socialization”, stemming from the idea of...
Social Senseis
Max Rubin - Being online recently, I’ve noticed an uptick in a certain model of comedy. It’s what I would describe as “Pov socialization”, stemming from the idea of...
Smell Like You Mean It
Beth Parker - When I saw (the aptly named) Brooke Light's haunting images of people (and often young girls and women who might be frequently told to do so)...
Smell Like You Mean It
Beth Parker - When I saw (the aptly named) Brooke Light's haunting images of people (and often young girls and women who might be frequently told to do so)...
Jokes About Nazis
Ian Pierpoint - I miss the times when you could make jokes about Nazis. But unfortunately they’ve gone from being a dark chapter in history to a fair chunk...
Jokes About Nazis
Ian Pierpoint - I miss the times when you could make jokes about Nazis. But unfortunately they’ve gone from being a dark chapter in history to a fair chunk...
Viva La Dad Joke
Ian Pierpoint - Back in the day one of my friend's dads used to break wind in the cookie jar and then offer his kids a cookie, and I...
Viva La Dad Joke
Ian Pierpoint - Back in the day one of my friend's dads used to break wind in the cookie jar and then offer his kids a cookie, and I...
Old God on Feeling Humor
Adam Talkington - Humor today is largely digital, ironic, memetic, and politically charged. We scroll. We laugh. We feel affirmed in our beliefs. We scroll on to the next...
Old God on Feeling Humor
Adam Talkington - Humor today is largely digital, ironic, memetic, and politically charged. We scroll. We laugh. We feel affirmed in our beliefs. We scroll on to the next...
Comedy and Shame
Charlie Potter - This is my first time writing for Further & Further and while I started out many years ago as an ethnographer, having spent many more years...
Comedy and Shame
Charlie Potter - This is my first time writing for Further & Further and while I started out many years ago as an ethnographer, having spent many more years...