Finish this sentence

[69DAYTONASE]

It's tough being funny when...

[Kern Dog]

So many people around you are intolerant, easily offended, are a "walking victim" or just plain unhappy.

[Lennard]

It's tough being funny when...

You think you are... but you're really not.

[will]

you're Mark Worman.

[DeltaV]

your name isn't Don Rickles.

[shorty442]

...- you just lost your best friend.

...- your puppy died.

...- you're surrounded by nothing but critics.

...- your fly is open.

...- you just bit into a lemon.

[Kern Dog]

It's tough being funny when...

The audience has no capability of appreciating your perspective.
The people around you have so much hatred in their heads, they are closed off to anything but more hatred.
You speak another language than your audience.
Your audience is smarter than you.
Your audience is dumber than you.
Your audience envies what you have.

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By the way, what was the right answer to the original question? Was this just a topic for random responses or were we looking for anything specific?

[69DAYTONASE]

Interpretive responses  no right or wrong answer, just to humor each other!
Mine is:
....when you're NOT Rodney Dangerfield!