According to (former) Onion Editor-In-Chief Scott Dikkers

  1. Irony – Intended meaning is opposite of literal meaning
  2. Character – Comedic character acting on personality traits
  3. Relatable – Common experiences that audiences can relate to
  4. Shock – Surprising jokes typically involving sex, drugs, gross-out humor, swearing
  5. Reference/Parody – Mimic a familiar character, trope or cliche in an unfamiliar way
  6. Hyperbole – Exaggeration to absurd extremes
  7. Wordplay – Puns, rhymes, double entendres, etc.
  8. Analogy – Comparing two disparate things
  9. Madcap – Crazy, wacky, silly, nonsensical
  10. Meta-humor – Jokes about jokes, or about the idea of comedy
  11. Misplaced Focus – Attention is focused on the wrong thing

Do you have a favorite "kind" of joke or is it more about the execution? Do you have a least favorite kind?

Do you agree with this theory of comedy or are there more types of joke?

  • Antoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Okay, hold on:

    1. "Isaac Asimov pretty sure anti-vaccine movement won't amount to much"
    2. "isaac Asimov awarded honorary degree in 'Pretty Much Everything'"
    3. "Isaac Asimov seen cleaning eyeglasses for eight straight minutes"
    4. "Asimov to Judy Garland: 'Now that you've taken a ride on my rocket, would you like to see my penis?'"
    5. "Columbia University chemistry professor makes crystal meth to fund medical treatments"
    6. "Isaac Asimov writes twelve books during single trip to bathroom"
    7. "Tampa-based EDM producer iSick AssMove hit with lawsuit"
    8. "Bow ties, blood, bullets: Asimov/Heinlein fan feud claims eight more lives"
    9. "We've identified the 6 bird species living in Isaac Asimov's hair. #4 will knock your socks off"
    10. "Local jackass thinks all he has to do to appear highbrow is namecheck Isaac Asimov enough times"
    11. [Picture of Anna and Judah Asimov holding their newborn son] "Historians have identified the event responsible for the 'vibe shift' that occurred in Russia in the 1920s"
    • UlyssesT
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      2 months ago

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