grass can sometimes have wheels: if it's in junkyard or something
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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This feels more like an anti-dad joke. The kind of joke that would tear a family apart. It'd cause arguments around the table about what a joke is, and probably ultimately end up in divorce for the parents and a 20 year schism between father and child that would only end when forced to reconnect after a family tragedy.
I can see what you're saying, but this technically is not an anti joke.
but this technically is not an anti joke.
How is it not?
Because the punchline relues on subverting expectation explicitly, not implicitly.
It has a meta punchline, in this case breaking the "rules" of this joke setup / structure and subverting expectations.
Edit: OOH you're the guy who just told me to go to hell lol
It has a meta punchline, in this case breaking the “rules” of this joke setup / structure and subverting expectations.
I don't see it. The only thing that was subverted was the expectation that your setup was truthful when it was in fact a lie. But that's just lying. Also the "punchline" is just the obvious answer once you move past the lie. So I'd say it has no punchline, which makes it an anti-joke.
Edit: OOH you’re the guy who just told me to go to hell lol
Well, that's entirely on you. One doesn't just causally dislike LotR.
Anime, my boi, I am not going to start a debate over a stupid dad joke.