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gipp | 27 days ago

It would be easier to judge this if the jokes weren't 90% about AI and silicon valley, understandable only to people who subscribe to astralcodexten

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emp17344|27 days ago

Probably because if they weren’t absurdly esoteric we’d be able to tell it isn’t funny.

simonw|27 days ago

Who's tommipink? Even a Google search couldn't explain that one.

omoikane|27 days ago

I thought this one was not bad:

    [write a joke about thinking machines and the idea of tropes]

    it's funny how enemies to lovers is a common trope that's uncommon in real life and lovers to enemies is an uncommon trope that's common in real life

Nevermark|27 days ago

I think the word "funny" in that line, is being used in a common way to mean "ironic". Which is both good use of language, insightful and accurate, but not actually funny.