Why Exaggeration Jokes Work

Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by baron816 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:24PM (#18764126)

1000% if my jokes are exaggeration jokes.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by startupdiscuss on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:35PM (#18764205)

I just assume that, in order to qualify as an exaggeration joke, it had to be both an exaggeration and a joke.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by tabtab on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:26PM (#18764140)

97.471% of my jokes are about pedanticy.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by jfk13 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:17PM (#18764530)

I think you mean "pedantry".

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by gammateam on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:38PM (#18764682)

Meant

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:49PM (#18764763)

Do they no longer mean "pedantry"? Seems that they meant it and mean it.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by groestl on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:09PM (#18764910)

All of you have a mean pedantry going on.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by TrustAndSafety on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:29PM (#18766172)

a mean pedantry is not necessarily a median pedanticity

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by reificator on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:19PM (#18766418)

But both are preferable to a mean pediatrician.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by gammateam on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:13PM (#18764961)

thats the joke

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by groestl on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:46PM (#18765215)

64.3% of it. 14.3% is a wordplay, and 21.4% is explaining the joke, if you count this post fifty-fifty.

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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by InGodsName on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:12PM (#18764952)

Joke is usually a lie in disguise

-Alex

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