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How to deal with the fact that we are different, from somewhere else, or have some peculiarity? Perhaps the only sure remedy for these problems is to start making fun of them. Tigran Hovakimyan is from Armenia and speaks four languages fluently. After high school, he tried many jobs, for example, he was a kindergarten teacher, a bartender, a dealer, an administrator at the Malaysian Embassy, a boxing trainer, and a construction worker. Eventually he started working as an amateur actor in a children's theater. Thanks to this, he gained a lot of experience with how and what the audience reacts to. He also owes the theater a shift to solo stand-up comedy, which is closer to him because he relies only on himself on stage. He performs not only in Prague but also, for example, in Brno, Pilsen, ČB, Hradec Králové. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx