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Grass, I lied about the wheels.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    This feels more like an anti-dad joke. The kind of joke that would tear a family apart. It’d cause arguments around the table about what a joke is, and probably ultimately end up in divorce for the parents and a 20 year schism between father and child that would only end when forced to reconnect after a family tragedy.

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          16 days ago

          It has a meta punchline, in this case breaking the “rules” of this joke setup / structure and subverting expectations.

          Edit: OOH you’re the guy who just told me to go to hell lol

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            16 days ago

            It has a meta punchline, in this case breaking the “rules” of this joke setup / structure and subverting expectations.

            I don’t see it. The only thing that was subverted was the expectation that your setup was truthful when it was in fact a lie. But that’s just lying. Also the “punchline” is just the obvious answer once you move past the lie. So I’d say it has no punchline, which makes it an anti-joke.

            Edit: OOH you’re the guy who just told me to go to hell lol

            Well, that’s entirely on you. One doesn’t just causally dislike LotR.