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minus-squareMTK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think context is key here. Your floor is dirty when you poop on it, but is your colon dirty when it has poop in it? Your plate is dirty when it has left over food on it, but is it dorty while you are eating from it?
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIgnoring context is often the key to humor.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoJokes quite often rely on imperfect superficial information, precisely because thinking too much about the subject matter contradicts whatever is being said in the joke. It’s a form of artistic license.
minus-squareMTK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThank you, I was being a troll but I appreciate the explanation
minus-squareserenissi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat an awful thing to read with a diarrhea.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBe thankful it’s just one diarrhea.
I think context is key here. Your floor is dirty when you poop on it, but is your colon dirty when it has poop in it?
Your plate is dirty when it has left over food on it, but is it dorty while you are eating from it?
Ignoring context is often the key to humor.
What do you mean?
Jokes quite often rely on imperfect superficial information, precisely because thinking too much about the subject matter contradicts whatever is being said in the joke. It’s a form of artistic license.
Thank you, I was being a troll but I appreciate the explanation
What an awful thing to read with a diarrhea.
Be thankful it’s just one diarrhea.