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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Why is it funny?
A guy just pointed out airline food tastes bad and I laugh.
Why don't I laugh when I'm actually eating lovely airline food? By the law of the Transitive Property both events should be funny, yet they are not.

Me waiting in a long line at the DMV: This sucks

Me listening to a man saying the words "have you been to the DMV lately? Those lines are so long!": HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Makes no sense. It's pretty funny when you think about it.

Applewhite fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Feb 26, 2016

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Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
HAS OBSERVATIONAL HUMOR GONE TOO FAR !?

Blurry Gray Thing
Jun 3, 2009
We're all too stupid to get the joke unless someone spells it out.

The joke is life.

www
Aug 4, 2010

i was on an emirates flight and the food was really nice

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
White people be like this and black people be like this!

Gasbraai
Oct 25, 2010

Lictor my Dictor
Because of everyone's gay beta immune systems due to vaccinations and chemtrails you cannot even ask for a pack of peanuts on an airplane without angry mothers glaring at you.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Lunixnerd posted:

Because of everyone's gay beta immune systems due to vaccinations and chemtrails you cannot even ask for a pack of peanuts on an airplane without angry mothers glaring at you.

Yeah we should do what Spartans did to newborns (no not rape) but with peanuts instead of wine.

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
I carry on my own peanuts onto a plane. When the allergy moms glare at me I tell them to get the shell out of my face. They act like I don't know what the shuck I'm doing bringing my own snack. loving nutters out there.

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

Why do they call it ovaltine

the cup is round

the jar is round

they should call it roundtine

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
I observe that OP is gay.

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station


How come you park on the driveway and drive on the parkway

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station


Y'ever notice how ya can't call women cunts in public anymore

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

Doctor Dogballs posted:

How come you park on the driveway and drive on the parkway

https://youtu.be/kWyBlPWcB2Y

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station



well everything he's saying is true, i have become a strong Wizard Warlock

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station


what's the deal with peanut butter? it's not made of peanuts OR butter

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
How come a door can be a jar but a jar can't be a door?

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
Humor is often based on shared experience, op

Drunken Baker
Feb 3, 2015

VODKA STYLE DRINK
I'm not into comedians that notice things, sorry.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Libelous Slander posted:

Humor is often based on shared experience, op

This explains why nerds who stay inside all day and never interact with anyone have no sense of humor. I think you might be onto something here.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


It's a good question OP. I observed this thread and find it's not very funny. But if somebody mentioned this thread as part of a comedy routine I'd probably laugh my butt off.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

It's a good question OP. I observed this thread and find it's not very funny. But if somebody mentioned this thread as part of a comedy routine I'd probably laugh my butt off.

lol if you'd buy tickets to see a comedian who talked about threads he'd seen on Somethingawful.

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Applewhite posted:

lol if you'd buy tickets to see a comedian who talked about threads he'd seen on Somethingawful.

a comedian on a comedy forum what a twist!

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Smash it Smash hit posted:

a comedian on a comedy forum what a twist!

"Thanks it's great to be here tonight. Before I start, I'd like to ask, does anyone in the audience have stairs in their house?"

Curdy Lemonstan
Jan 25, 2012

by zen death robot
Weed jokes > observational humor but masturbation jokes trumps them all.

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
Laughter is a way of dealing with mental trauma and pain, I think you can figure out the rest for yourself.

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Applewhite posted:

"Thanks it's great to be here tonight. Before I start, I'd like to ask, does anyone in the audience have stairs in their house?"

Go on.....

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
So I was reading The Somethingawful Dot Com Forums...

*pauses while audience whoops and cheers*

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Applewhite posted:

So I was reading The Somethingawful Dot Com Forums...

*pauses while audience whoops and cheers*

youre telling the set ups but no punchlines idgi

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Smash it Smash hit posted:

youre telling the set ups but no punchlines idgi

The punchline is the absurd juxtaposition of a comedian standing up on stage talking about something he read on an internet message board and the audience being elated rather than bemused.

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Applewhite posted:

The punchline is the absurd juxtaposition of a comedian standing up on stage talking about something he read on an internet message board and the audience being elated rather than bemused.

urghhh uhh maybe i am just not getting it or maybe its your delivery idk, just offering some helpful advice not criticizing you :tipshat:

Curdy Lemonstan
Jan 25, 2012

by zen death robot
Theres a poster named applewhite. That sound like mlp. Lol

Dad gay also funny name but hes a good poster

Ever been to en and seen jon pop, he hates women roflmao

Lol gbs is sooo retarded lol. Fyad hates them ""ironically""

Lets plqy forum worst forum dangan ron paul super gay and lame lol. Those guys are gsmers lmao

*audience die in humorless apathy*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Curdy Lemonstan posted:

Theres a poster named applewhite. That sound like mlp. Lol

Dad gay also funny name but hes a good poster

Ever been to en and seen jon pop, he hates women roflmao

Lol gbs is sooo retarded lol. Fyad hates them ""ironically""

Lets plqy forum worst forum dangan ron paul super gay and lame lol. Those guys are gsmers lmao

*audience die in humorless apathy*

Now that's funny.

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Curdy Lemonstan posted:

Theres a poster named applewhite. That sound like mlp. Lol

Dad gay also funny name but hes a good poster

Ever been to en and seen jon pop, he hates women roflmao

Lol gbs is sooo retarded lol. Fyad hates them ""ironically""

Lets plqy forum worst forum dangan ron paul super gay and lame lol. Those guys are gsmers lmao

*audience die in humorless apathy*

eh, kinda weak my bud heres a little tips to help out your routine!

1. if you are comedian you probably shouldnt use abbreviations like MLP just say my little pony
2. not sure thats even a joke?
3. just why does jon pop hate women or an example of it? also once again with the abbreviations
4.. too many abbreviations again, and how is gbs so retarded need examples?
5. still not a joke?

otherwise good stuff keep it up and you'll get a hang of "jokes"

WIFEY WATCHDOG
Jun 25, 2012

Yeah, well I don't trust this guy. I think he regifted, he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Super Bowl sex romp.
I picked up my dog and her butt hole was very soft I touched my dogs butt hole

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Dr. Tim Whatley posted:

I picked up my dog and her butt hole was very soft I touched my dogs butt hole

softer compared to other dog buttholes you've experienced or just soft in general? you guys just neglect the details and dont pull teh audience into your "worl"d

Bea Nanner
Oct 20, 2003

Je suis excité!
the human experience is a shared one

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

Applewhite posted:

This explains why nerds who stay inside all day and never interact with anyone have no sense of humor. I think you might be onto something here.

I like the stand ups that are so shut in and pathetic that their joke materials relies on having watched the same generic sitcom X

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

Bea Nanner posted:

the human experience is a shared one

Hm yes very good good observation *scribbles HUGE rear end in a top hat in his notebook*

chaosbreather
Dec 9, 2001

Wry and wise,
but also very sexual.

well, good observational comics will denormalise normalised absurdities
jokes set up an expectation, and then break it with the punchline. they do the same: the expectation is, "this is normal".

i hope this helps you in your quest

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Curdy Lemonstan
Jan 25, 2012

by zen death robot

Smash it Smash hit posted:

eh, kinda weak my bud heres a little tips to help out your routine!

1. if you are comedian you probably shouldnt use abbreviations like MLP just say my little pony
2. not sure thats even a joke?
3. just why does jon pop hate women or an example of it? also once again with the abbreviations
4.. too many abbreviations again, and how is gbs so retarded need examples?
5. still not a joke?

otherwise good stuff keep it up and you'll get a hang of "jokes"

Ah bro thanks for const. Crit. Icism. Ill wprk on my reperto' and maybe slam dunk out a joke or two later on my good man. Lol knowwaddamean? Lmao. Lol. Keep it up two thumbs up! (But not up your bumhole rofl)

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