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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could’ve been made a fun joke if it was delivered with a proper setup and punchline. This is just an amusing observation without any interesting delivery.

Not sure the intention of emphasizing the words “used” and “these”. Doesn’t make the comic funnier the slightest.

[–] BrerChicken 2 points 1 year ago

The joke is the person he's sitting with, who is a modern day troll.

[–] Rhynoplaz 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gAlienLifeform 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like there could be a funny (well, funnier) version of this,

Yeah, my first job was under a bridge and now millions of people are seeing me on social media every day

Jokes are funnier to people if you let them fill in a missing detail or two, actually saying "troll" makes it a bit too obvious

Also, he should be trying to flirt and she should look bored out of her mind, because magical creatures with mundane problems (like bad dates) has been funny since before Shrek

[–] SgtAStrawberry 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah my first job was under a bridg, not bad decent pay and few regular costumers, but since I got the opportunity to work remote, business is booming, millions of costumers and you can get some really high paying gigs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

There is a funnier, better executed version of this joke in What We Do In The Shadows.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be funnier if the bridge troll was like "those guys have ruined analog trolling"

Edited to add: thanks for making this just one panel, there's a really annoying webcomic trend where everything needs 4 panels. It just draws the joke out needlessly. Brevity is the soul of wit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kind of, but more "slightly amusing" than funny.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I thought about exhaling gently through my nose.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Not terrible, but the wording could be a bit less obvious. Maybe drop a working remotely joke in there.

[–] metallic_substance 15 points 1 year ago

It's not funny to me. It gives me a real "1980s standup comedian" feeling, if that makes sense. Like it was written by someone who is funny, but very out of touch

[–] demlet 9 points 1 year ago

Seems highly unoriginal and low effort to me. This is like first Shrek movie level humor. Clever for about five seconds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Chickenstalker 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A troll is someone who baits other posters with mischevious to malicious intent for the lols. The last point is very important. Trolls are anarchic chaotic neutral creatures. Spreading misinfornation is not trolling. It is plain evil.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what trolling used to be about, sure, but unfortunately the definition seems to have changed.

[–] DigitalWanderer 3 points 1 year ago

yea ever since the term "troll farm" was used in the 2016 elections it seems to have changed

[–] AncillaryJustice 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Meh. Not really.

[–] mvirts 3 points 1 year ago
[–] nutsack 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

are web comics ever funny? i don't think so. but people like them when they resonate or something. personally i resonate with my ass

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

isn't it about the artist/writer rather than being on web or print or whatever other media?

  • oglaf makes me laugh sometimes.
  • I recently found out about wondermark on a lemmy thread about seaLioning.
  • wumo was really funny 10 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are any comics ever funny? I don't think they're supposed to be. They're simply meant to entertain.

[–] RIP_Cheems 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 1 year ago

Boomer meme spotted