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For something to be called a joke it should require at least some creativity. Check out Don Rickles and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for good examples of what a
by milemi 7y ago
For something to be called a joke it should require at least some creativity. Check out Don Rickles and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for good examples of what an insult joke is. Calling someone an old fart just isn't funny. It's a worn out insult.
- tenaciousDaniel 7y agoFor something to be called a joke it should simply be intended as a joke. My goodness, do we really need to overanalyze everything? Just relax.
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoThis is HN. A certain segment of the community here has a tendency towards over analyzing things. They can’t help it.
- milemi 7y agoI come to this site primarily because I like to analyze things. And no, an attempted joke is not necessarily a joke.
- wetpaws 7y agoYou must be really fun at parties.
- milemi 7y agoThe parties you go to must be really fun to be at.
- dang 7y agoWould you please stop feeding this flamewar? It's off topic regardless of how provocative the title was. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y agoPersonal attacks will get you banned here. Please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- keymone 7y agoIt’s in the article on a different site for ducks sake. Or do you expect every submission to be reviewed and fixed according to your joke sensitivity standards?
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- dang 7y agoOk, but are you raising or lowering the signal/noise ratio by continuing to post like this here? Clearly lowering, therefore please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html