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An simple outlandish claim doesn't make constitute a joke unless it's referencing something. I think that reference is what GP is asking about.
by aikinai 6y ago
An simple outlandish claim doesn't make constitute a joke unless it's referencing something. I think that reference is what GP is asking about.
- htfu 6y agoAs bizarre as this may sound to your generation there are, in fact, such things as standalone jokes.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoCould you give an example? Even puns stand on aspects of language to acquire their potency.
- aikinai 6y agoI honestly don’t even know what generation you’re assuming I’m from and referring to. Is this supposed to be something old people don’t understand? Or young people? Of course you can have standalone jokes, but “I’m six years old” is not one.
- 0x10c0fe11ce 6y agoIt’s not a generation thing. The joke is the OP is obviously not six. We know that because most six year olds can’t come up with such an artifact to set the timeframe of an article. For more references on jokes like this read MAD. ;)
- sonotmyname 6y agoNo, it’s clearly a joke - it made me laugh! It doesn’t need another reference point because the claim’s very existence is a reference to people’s reticence to admit their own age (due to vanity) or fear (of facing one’s mortality). That has been a common point of humor for ages (pun also intended).
- snowwrestler 6y agoSure it does, such a joke is often called absurdist or surrealist humor. Quite popular on Twitter. Anyway, I think that is a lot more likely than some obscure cultural reference that we’re expected to parse in the middle of musing about digital mapping.