elaine [she/her]@leminal.space to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months ago[PizzaCake] jokeslockleminal.spaceimagemessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1862arrow-down1110file-text
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minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·2 months agoAs far as I can tell most people’s definition of a joke seems to be ‘‘something I laughed at’’ and not ‘‘a set up and punchline’’ and it’s weird. this comic is a set up and a punch line. it’s like… a most basic joke concept.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·2 months agoI mean, it explicitly doesn’t have a definite punchline. But the lack of punchline is almost functioning as a punchline.
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As far as I can tell most people’s definition of a joke seems to be ‘‘something I laughed at’’ and not ‘‘a set up and punchline’’ and it’s weird. this comic is a set up and a punch line. it’s like… a most basic joke concept.
I mean, it explicitly doesn’t have a definite punchline. But the lack of punchline is almost functioning as a punchline.