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[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 57 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

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