Evangeline Mercy
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

MAKING YOURSELF THE PUNCHLINE.

I noticed something about myself today — I’m always the butt of the joke.

But the thing is, I’m the brain of it too.

I leave openings a mile wide, say dumb things that practically demand a wisecrack, and act appropriately injured and laughing when it pulls through. I know part of it is that I was bullied as a kid, and the insults were always disappointingly… okay, just disappointing in general. I read a…

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