Dad Jokes

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Dad jokes are not just puns. (self.dadjokes)

submitted 1 year ago by PineapplePartisan to c/dadjokes

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I keep seeing people post puns as dad jokes. Worse yet, sometimes it’s just words that sort of sound like other words and aren’t even puns.

Look, we know the seminal dad joke is:

Kid: “I’m gay” Dad: “Hi Gay, I’m Dad!”

I will endeavor to bring a better variety of dad jokes to the community, and I hope you shall as well.

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[–] TheBananaKing 15 points 1 year ago

Yep, and they need to be reactive, in-context - not a cold setup.

It's about trolling your kid, tripping up their train of thought.

Puns are an approach - but it's not the pun itself, it's a:) finding a relevant one in realtime and b:) the facepalminess of actually doing so, here, in the middle of an ostensibly serious conversation, then standing around pulling this face.

But more common and usually more effective are unjokes, context switches and category errors.

Q: What has five toes but isn't your foot?

A: My foot.

"Wait, so is this your street here?"

"Nah, it belongs to the council."