Good Company

".. but depressed people can't be funny, that's impossible!", a statement I was confronted with in class last week. I felt slightly offended until I saw where it came from. People that say something like that have obviously no idea about depression, so no offence taken :). Just getting a bit tired of stigma..

So,  these people aren't funny?

• Robin Williams
• Dave Chapelle
• Martin Lawrence
• Jim Carrey
• Ben Stiller
• Russell Brand
• Drew Carey
• Hugh Laurie
• Rosie O’Donnell
• Owen Wilson
• Zach Braff
• Janeane Garofalo
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Robert Downey Jr.

There are lots more but I guess that's enough to show that the statement is wrong and that we have the prerequisites to be even funnier :).