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[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Explaining a joke makes it less funny. A deep dive like this, however, actually kinda makes it even funnier.

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

Whoever first said explaining a joke makes it less funny was a big liar

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The key is to go far enough. A simple explanation does make it less funny. A thorough deconstruction makes it funnier.