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Dad Jokes

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[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

Fun but hard to follow, Dad. Could be rejigged to use an oceanside setting rather than “Vitamin C”

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

That was a long, long walk good sir.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

That was rather drawn out, my friend

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did AI generate this, just like the background image?

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Only dadbods would be like “I gotta shoot a bow!”

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Way too long setup that IMO killed the joke. Plus C Bow = placebo.

[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The long setup was half the joke…

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, then it's a half bad joke.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I dunno, it made me chuckle. Long jokes have this way of pulling you in without you realizing it. They start plain, maybe a conversation, maybe some forgettable errand, but then the teller keeps adding layers—too many layers. Suddenly you’re hearing about a cousin’s neighbor’s side job, or why the bank closes ten minutes early on Thursdays, or how a guy once swore he saw something unbelievable but no one else did. None of it feels like the point, but you keep listening because surely there is a point, right?

That’s the trap. You get invested, you start connecting dots, thinking it’s all building to a twist you’ll never see coming. But it doesn’t tie together. The punchline isn’t crafted, it’s blunt. After all the wandering and detours and wasted patience, the whole thing just crashes into the dumbest, most sudden ending possible.

And in that moment, after all that setup, the only thing left to say is that it came out to about tree fiddy.

[–] gws@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

This is called a shaggy-dog story.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

I get that and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This time it didn't work for me.

[–] retrolasered@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah too long

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

En même temps c'est le but des dadjokes d'être relou. Mais j'admets celle-ci est un peu tirée par les cheveux