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minus-square@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish15•6 months agoComedy 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
minus-square@dariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoNo, comedy is all about timing. And repetition. And rules of threes And subverting expectations. And repetition.
minus-square@SquirtleHermit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoExplaining comedy is like dissecting a frog. You learn more about it, but it dies in the process…
minus-square@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoIf it starts the process alive it’s vivisection!
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
No, comedy is all about timing.
And repetition.
And rules of threes
And subverting expectations.
And repetition.
Explaining comedy is like dissecting a frog.
You learn more about it, but it dies in the process…
If it starts the process alive it’s vivisection!