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.
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.
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BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
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.
nebulaone@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y
I can see what you're saying, but this technically is not an anti joke.
remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 1y
How is it not?
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Because the punchline relues on subverting expectation explicitly, not implicitly.
nebulaone@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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
remon@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
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.
Well, that's entirely on you. One doesn't just causally dislike LotR.
nebulaone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Anime, my boi, I am not going to start a debate over a stupid dad joke.
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
grass can sometimes have wheels: if it's in junkyard or something
nebulaone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Heckin' bamboozled.