It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next.
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It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next. I struggle to understand jokes and I think this would scratch a very frustrating itch for me. If anyone knows of such a book, please share!
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It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next. I struggle to understand jokes and I think this would scratch a very frustrating itch for me. If anyone knows of such a book, please share!
@TheShellyTea back in the olden days of watching fan subbed anime, I absolutely loved when translators would not localise jokes, but keep them literally as is, but explain various cultural or linguistic elements at play that made the joke a joke. I felt like I was learning something, and while sure I didn't go "haha" that time, the next time I encountered the joke I would go "haha I get it".
I really miss that a lot.
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It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next. I struggle to understand jokes and I think this would scratch a very frustrating itch for me. If anyone knows of such a book, please share!
@TheShellyTea I find it can be quite funny to just start explaining a joke to people.
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It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next. I struggle to understand jokes and I think this would scratch a very frustrating itch for me. If anyone knows of such a book, please share!
@TheShellyTea I would read this about Terry Pratchett’s discworld
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It's a common belief that explaining a joke ruins it, but I think it would be very relaxing to read a book that just pedantically dissects jokes one after the next. I struggle to understand jokes and I think this would scratch a very frustrating itch for me. If anyone knows of such a book, please share!
@TheShellyTea The only thing that comes to mind is @explain , which sadly hasn't been very active lately. I enjoy the explanations too - even if I already get the joke, sometimes I learn more about to context!
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@TheShellyTea back in the olden days of watching fan subbed anime, I absolutely loved when translators would not localise jokes, but keep them literally as is, but explain various cultural or linguistic elements at play that made the joke a joke. I felt like I was learning something, and while sure I didn't go "haha" that time, the next time I encountered the joke I would go "haha I get it".
I really miss that a lot.
@critter_in_flux that is so great!
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@TheShellyTea I would read this about Terry Pratchett’s discworld
@szbalint There must be a book about that in L-space. We should ask the Librarian of the Unseen University.
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