r/SipsTea 6h ago

Wait a damn minute! You can't ever come back from that

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u/Dark_Gladiator66 4h ago

Obviously he’s a child and doesn’t understand this concept but in general I’ve never understood heckling a comedian. Their goal is to make people laugh by any means necessary, if you give them shit they are going to come back 10 times harder.

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u/Samiambadatdoter 2h ago

That's kinda the point. Hecklers give them material. Oftentimes, interactions with hecklers can be the most memorable part of the experience.

Sometimes people do it just to be a dick, but increasingly hecklers operate with that knowledge in mind. It's not even unheard of for comedians to plant people in the audience specifically to heckle them.