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Nukeli The Master Of Fright & A Demon Of Light Since: Aug, 2018
The Master Of Fright & A Demon Of Light
Aug 12th 2021 at 4:50:12 AM •••

Why is explaining the joke so horrible and all-ruining? Maybe people should just get over themselves?

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Levitator Since: Mar, 2017
Feb 4th 2019 at 4:47:07 PM •••

Why is "ptitle0t9r68ih" a redirect to this page? Am I missing something?

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Jul 30th 2017 at 4:58:27 AM •••

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pittsburghmuggle Pittsburghmuggle Since: Jan, 2010
Pittsburghmuggle
Jul 23rd 2013 at 3:28:01 PM •••

Made a correlation in my head. I have friends who get annoyed by me seeing the tropes - they say it gets in the way of enjoying the work. That's sort of like "Don't explain the work", as opposed to joke.

"Freedom is not a license for chaos" -Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
R.G. Since: Jan, 2001
May 28th 2013 at 10:30:32 PM •••

Would a subversion be that explaining the joke actually makes it funnier, as unlikely as it sounds?

ccoa MOD Ravenous Sophovore Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
Sep 20th 2012 at 1:45:43 PM •••

Archived TRS threads for this page:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1324089774056525200

Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
arcdavid Since: Dec, 1969
Jul 19th 2011 at 1:02:08 PM •••

Just a note on the chicken cross the road joke. I heard that the joke was about a double meaning on the 'other side, so the other side could refer to death. So in that version the chicken dies crossing the road, and its all funny because at fist you think hes just crossing the road and then you're like "no wait, he's dead. Haha you got me.". It makes it kind of dark I suppose, implying that the chicken committed suicide. I just figured nobody got it because no one really uses 'the other side' the refer to death these days.

I'm probably looking into it too much, its just one of those things that keeps me up at night.

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
Jul 19th 2011 at 1:23:00 PM •••

No, it's just pretty much the original Anti-Humor joke. The "other side = death" is a later twist/interpretation.

72.226.34.213 Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 24th 2011 at 9:00:22 PM •••

Steve Martin's famous joke explanation. This is probably one of the more well know cases for this humor going well. Ref: http://mikewhitmore.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/steve-martins-plumber-joke/

By the end of it, instead of scratching your head at the nonsensical story, you're laughing at Steve Martin, which was the intention all along.

dancingmeridian Since: Dec, 1969
Dec 28th 2010 at 7:54:06 PM •••

There's no category about young kids who are so eager to explain jokes?!

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