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[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

Explaining a joke makes it less funny. A deep dive like this, however, actually kinda makes it even funnier.

[-] exocrinous@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Whoever first said explaining a joke makes it less funny was a big liar

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The key is to go far enough. A simple explanation does make it less funny. A thorough deconstruction makes it funnier.

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