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@realitista@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 8 months ago

Airplane seatbelts

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Airplane seatbelts

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@realitista@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world • 8 months ago
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  • @abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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    Not every joke has a lazy setup.

    • @silasmariner@programming.dev
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      1•8 months ago

      Most do though

      • @abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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        1•8 months ago

        I don’t think so, one of the most common theories of why things are funny is it being unexpected, and the art of comedy is disguising a setup so it doesn’t seem like a setup until the punchline.

        • @silasmariner@programming.dev
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          1•8 months ago

          And you think that’s… High effort?

          • @abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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            1•8 months ago

            Disguising a setup is the barest effort I think, not necessarily high effort.

            • @silasmariner@programming.dev
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              So would you consider it, potentially… lazy?

              • @abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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                I think it would be lazy to abstain from the barest of effort, yes.

                • @silasmariner@programming.dev
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                  1•8 months ago

                  Well I think the original comic achieves more than the barest effort then. We have the setup (why seatbelt on plane?), the vaguely dark-humoured explanation, the absurdist ‘oh ok that makes sense’ as the punchline (where, y’ know, a lot of the humour is because so many people identify with that ‘i don’t care if the truth is dark I just want to know’ idea). Anyway. Not lazy.

                  • @abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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                    1•8 months ago

                    Wow, achieves more than the barest effort, I’m glad this comic has come so far.

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