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rootX
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I believe this thread should be submitted to the fail-blog... for so many pathetic jokes and amateur use of ironies. A good joke wouldn't require some kind of indication.
I'd like to think so, but (with 45 years of glory-hounding for attention) I can tell you that off-the-cuff humour is extremely dependent on context of the parties involved.rootX said:A good joke wouldn't require some kind of indication.
DaveC426913 said:
rootX said:I believe this thread should be submitted to the fail-blog... for so many pathetic jokes and amateur use of ironies. A good joke wouldn't require some kind of indication.
DaveC426913 said:I'd like to think so, but (with 45 years of glory-hounding for attention) I can tell you that off-the-cuff humour is extremely dependent on context of the parties involved.
DaveC426913 said:If only there were already some sort of method for letting people know the emotional tone of a post... Maybe just an icon. Some sort of emotion-icon. Some sort of ... I don't know... emoticon ...
xxChrisxx said:Also a lot of extremely funny things are purely down to delivery and timing, something which is lost on forums.
GeorginaS said:You're forever in trouble over those, aren't you?
DaveC426913 said:I am. It is definitely my own fault. My sense of (online) humour tends strongly toward the deadpan. I hate having to beat my audience with an emoticon club.
DaveC426913 said:I'd like to think so, but (with 45 years of glory-hounding for attention) I can tell you that off-the-cuff humour is extremely dependent on context of the parties involved.
That's so true! It's no wonder I get all the dirty jokesProton Soup said:i think the getting of a joke is also highly correlated with one's bathing frequency
rootX said:I believe this thread should be submitted to the fail-blog... for so many pathetic jokes and amateur use of ironies. A good joke wouldn't require some kind of indication.