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Assuming you mean, I have to take myself less seriously. I make fun of myself all the time. I am, by practice, one of the least serious people I know. I just don't like the art and every caricature I've seen is in this style.
Do people actually like caricatures or is it just a thing that sticks around because they were famous, like clowns and mimes?
A well done caricature can be funny and cute. Unfortunately there are a lot of artists that, while good, can't read the room. The trick seems to be not to overly pick on characteristics that will hurt, without balancing them out.
Oh and a good group of clowns can be excellent. I saw some at a circus, and they pulled off slapstick perfectly.
A mime once trapped me in an invisible box. I was trapped for days...
You tellin me you get wifi in the mime box? I don't buy it
I managed to get out. A roaming gang of clowns drove it off.
Maybe they hang it up in their bedroom to raise the difficulty settings on their sex life.
I got my caricature done once as a kid and I'm still recovering. If he'd done me up like this I'd never fuck again.
My game is wack enough as it is. I'm not trying to get into NG++