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Minhaj: Growing up as the son of immigrants made me able to speak to two different worlds. “My family's from India. We think of it this way. You guys think of it this way.” I'm able to communicate and connect both things, which growing up I didn't think it was a strength, but I think now is a strength. I didn't realize until later that comedy is basically simile and metaphor. “That's like this. This is like that.”