I liked it, but I'm a nerd for stuff like this. I think meme culture is really interesting to study from a humor perspective, too. The fact that my children communicate with me in hilarious gifs is just delightful and a massive shift from my analog childhood pre-cell phone ubiquity.
Right. Must include more stuff on memes and emojis in the book. i have three kids and the youngest 2 (7 and 11) do this too. Still not sure how I feel about it. But I like your perspective and finding it delightful.
My teenager makes fun of me for being "cringe and dusty" but then turns around and says things like "10/10 with rice," and I'm thinking... I was literally on that reddit thread, child. This is MY playground.
Humour is a great topic Robert. I’d never thought about it before, but shared humour must mean the teller and the receiver have some sort of common experience of knowledge. But not always. People often talk about American humour and a British sense of humour being different. But I’d say the jokes themselves are awfully similar, with the major difference being that the British use more self depreciation. The real difference is in what happens after a joke is told. Most Americans will laugh (to some degree) at their own jokes to alert the receiver that something funny has been said. Gives them a cue to laugh whether they got the joke or not - and makes them feel that they have that knowledge or experience in common. A Brit, on the other hand, NEVER laughs at his own jokes. He leaves it hanging out in the air to see if the recipient gets it. Or not. No cues. No mercy. You either have the tribal knowledge or you don’t. And England is a very tribal place - loads of different social hierarchies. Odd, but humour in England is often a zero-sum status game. Very evolutionary behavior.
You are right on all counts. Self - deprecation is the highest form of humor. No doubt about it. Brits definitely do it. But Americans do it (or at least used to) also. And laughing at your own joke doesn’t just ruin it. It robs both people of Tge tribal knowledge. That’s why I can’t stand lol. Or dumb fucking tears of joy emojis. You get the joke or don’t
Kindly read my article and rate it - https://frankthistime.substack.com/p/the-internet-ruined-my-lunch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6tiqo
I liked it, but I'm a nerd for stuff like this. I think meme culture is really interesting to study from a humor perspective, too. The fact that my children communicate with me in hilarious gifs is just delightful and a massive shift from my analog childhood pre-cell phone ubiquity.
Right. Must include more stuff on memes and emojis in the book. i have three kids and the youngest 2 (7 and 11) do this too. Still not sure how I feel about it. But I like your perspective and finding it delightful.
My teenager makes fun of me for being "cringe and dusty" but then turns around and says things like "10/10 with rice," and I'm thinking... I was literally on that reddit thread, child. This is MY playground.
Humour is a great topic Robert. I’d never thought about it before, but shared humour must mean the teller and the receiver have some sort of common experience of knowledge. But not always. People often talk about American humour and a British sense of humour being different. But I’d say the jokes themselves are awfully similar, with the major difference being that the British use more self depreciation. The real difference is in what happens after a joke is told. Most Americans will laugh (to some degree) at their own jokes to alert the receiver that something funny has been said. Gives them a cue to laugh whether they got the joke or not - and makes them feel that they have that knowledge or experience in common. A Brit, on the other hand, NEVER laughs at his own jokes. He leaves it hanging out in the air to see if the recipient gets it. Or not. No cues. No mercy. You either have the tribal knowledge or you don’t. And England is a very tribal place - loads of different social hierarchies. Odd, but humour in England is often a zero-sum status game. Very evolutionary behavior.
You are right on all counts. Self - deprecation is the highest form of humor. No doubt about it. Brits definitely do it. But Americans do it (or at least used to) also. And laughing at your own joke doesn’t just ruin it. It robs both people of Tge tribal knowledge. That’s why I can’t stand lol. Or dumb fucking tears of joy emojis. You get the joke or don’t
Very enjoyable. No problems jumped out at me. Enjoyed your stand-up bit, too. It takes a lot of courage to get up on stage, especially sober.
Ha. Thanks. Yeah. The jokes are fine. The delivery blows. Turns out I’m better at writing them. But I appreciate it
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Thanks for checking it out. it's a sample chapter that goes out to prospective publishers so i want to make sure it doesn't suck too much.