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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But aren’t jokes supposed to be like, funny or something?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

According to an unsourced claim on Wikipedia, "repetition is the essential comedic device"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device

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

Repetition legitimizes

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

Don’t think it’s a joke. It’s just a thing that is done