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This is great news if you're somebody who does not know what they're doing,

because this is, yeah, I mean, I admit it. I don't know what I'm doing. I have some idea,

but overall, I don't know. Okay. They say here, if you have a sense of humor at work,

you seem more competent. That's probably true.

It is, but here's the best news in this.

This is from a very reputable journal of personality and social psychology.

I've actually never heard of it before, but it sounds very...

That sounds very professional.

Yeah.

This is the thing.

Don't be afraid to flop.

They say because bad jokes, as long as they're appropriate,

won't harm your social standing or affect how confident people think you are.

They may even increase how confident you seem confident.

So bad jokes.

I wholeheartedly disagree with that.

Because you had the nerve to say that thing.

Again, got to be appropriate.

That's what you want people to say at work.

I can't believe he has the nerves.

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