At least you understood that it was an attempt at humor. Humor is subjective.
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by theGeatZhopa on Thursday June 20, 2024 @01:44AM
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It's called ironic/satirical, actually. And irony can't be understood if there's not the same knowledge about a thing. So understanding the irony and humor in this means the thinking expressed in the post is aligned to the reader's. If one can understand it, one already shows the same thinking patterns about the topic (corresponds to having the same knowledge..)
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by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @10:51AM
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"'t ain't funny, McGee." The author isn't talented enough to pull off the humor angle so it just comes across as what kids these day refer to as "cringe".
Oh, please. That's like saying that only native speakers with a university degree can understand a 6 year old's fart jokes.
The humor in this article is juvenile shock-jocking. It starts from the trashy clickbait headline, and is never elevated past that. There's no particular sophistication needed to understand it. It's just not particularly funny or insightful; it's just taking some rote complaints about AI and the hype cycle, and threatening to kill people in various graphic ways. Hilarious.