How to Steal Jokes Without Getting Caught

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - until you get punched in the face: 1. **The Remix Method** - Change three words and it's "original" (works for college papers too). 2. **Regional Adaptation** - A New York joke plays better if you set it in Cleveland... nobody checks. 3. **Time Machine Technique** - Steal from dead comedians - they won't tweet about it. 4. **Foreign Exchange** - Translate foreign jokes - most crowds won't know Romanian comedy specials. 5. **Generational Shift** - Take boomer humor and add avocado toast references. 6. **Genre Swap** - Turn a one-liner into a long story by adding unnecessary details. 7. **Reverse Engineering** - Hear a premise? Write your own punchline before forgetting the original. 8. **Crowd Test First** - If a stolen joke bombs, you can honestly say "that wasn't mine." 9. **The Homage Dodge** - "As the great George Carlin once said..." *proceeds to butcher the bit*. 10. **Social Media Mining** - Twitter is just an open mic nobody gets paid for. 11. **Family Plausible Deniability** - "My uncle told me this one!" (Your uncle is you from the future). 12. **The Bait-and-Switch** - Start with a familiar setup, then veer wildly off course. 13. **Self-Deprecation Cover** - "I stole this next joke... from my own dwindling self-respect." 14. **Corporate Theft** - Turn commercials into bits - they stole from us first. 15. **The Golden Rule** - Only steal from those richer than you - it's basically wealth redistribution.