When people see you trying to be funny, it frees them to try it themselves.
当人们看到你试着搞笑的时候，他们也会随即释放自我，也试着去变得幽默。
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That gives them more time to absorb lectures via podcast or video, and frees teachers to spend class time coaching students in how to apply the material rather than simply absorb it.
Some fool even themselves, until some life event—a layoff, an empty nest, an inheritance that frees them to spend time as they like—jolts them into taking stock of their true natures.