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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Comedy is all about timing.

If they posted this in a month's time when no one cares it wouldn't be funny.

If they posted this Friday before it happened that would just be prescient

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, comedy is all about timing.

And repetition.

And rules of threes

And subverting expectations.

And repetition.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Explaining comedy is like dissecting a frog.

You learn more about it, but it dies in the process...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

If it starts the process alive it's vivisection!