Exactly this. You need to be the butt of the joke yo pull this off.
Think of why The Office is revered as a comedy show despite its racially/sexually charged jokes. The reason it works is because Michael is the butt of the joke pretty much every time. Even if the joke is really pushing boundaries, its never the race or sex that is the true root of the comedy, its the cringe idiocy of the character instead.
My wife once purposely ripped a huge fart in a passport office line with well over 100 people in it because she was bored. I was mortified but because she was the literal butt of the joke it was funny at the same time. Embarrassment was at an all-time high but it wasn’t because all eyes were on me.
Fart loudly next to her at a store when other people are around.
Really and truly the only harmless way to embarrass someone else to make them embarrassed to be seen with you.
Exactly this. You need to be the butt of the joke yo pull this off.
Think of why The Office is revered as a comedy show despite its racially/sexually charged jokes. The reason it works is because Michael is the butt of the joke pretty much every time. Even if the joke is really pushing boundaries, its never the race or sex that is the true root of the comedy, its the cringe idiocy of the character instead.
My wife once purposely ripped a huge fart in a passport office line with well over 100 people in it because she was bored. I was mortified but because she was the literal butt of the joke it was funny at the same time. Embarrassment was at an all-time high but it wasn’t because all eyes were on me.