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Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:44 pm

I read it. Can't remember it. That suggests that it was indeed not very funny. I always remember the good ones. (Sometimes for as long as five minutes.)

Dangles · Post by **Dangles** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:03 pm

Tannin wrote:I read it. Can't remember it. That suggests that it was indeed not very funny. I always remember the good ones. (Sometimes for as long as five minutes.)

Oh the irony.

Post by **David** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:06 pm

"Not funny" is always a subjective claim.

I read it before it was deleted. Initially, I thought it was a bit tasteless, but then I got the point of the joke - it's not making fun of dementia patients, but 'knock knock' jokes themselves. It's a meta-joke, with a bit of black humour thrown in for good measure.

This is why, incidentally, people who say "[insert subject] isn't funny" nearly always miss the point. And even if multiple people find something funny, they're not always laughing for the same reason.

Post by **stui magpie** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:12 pm

I said it wasn't funny, that was my opinion. I have no problem if dangles wants to put it back up and I totally get the irony in Tannins post.

Bruce Gonsalves · Post by **Bruce Gonsalves** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:47 pm

David wrote:"Not funny" is always a subjective claim.

I read it before it was deleted. Initially, I thought it was a bit tasteless, but then I got the point of the joke - it's not making fun of dementia patients, but 'knock knock' jokes themselves. It's a meta-joke, with a bit of black humour thrown in for good measure.

This is why, incidentally, people who say "[insert subject] isn't funny" nearly always miss the point. And even if multiple people find something funny, they're not always laughing for the same reason.

It is dementia awareness this month, so maybe his joke should be put back up. If some people didn't find it funny, bad luck, black as it was then, to some people affected by it, they may have a little smile.

3.14159 · Post by **3.14159** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:53 pm

think positive wrote: And I'm still trying to figure out argit who

Names Argit, nothing else is needed to explain who I am since I don't want any attention drawn to myself

http://argit-will-betrayyou.tumblr.com/about

Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:48 pm

Dangles wrote:
Tannin wrote:I read it. Can't remember it. That suggests that it was indeed not very funny. I always remember the good ones. (Sometimes for as long as five minutes.)
Oh the irony.

Until I read David's post, I didn't remember that it was (apparently) a dementia joke. I really had forgotten it. Hell, David's prompting notwithstanding, I still don't remember it. I only remember the ones that make me laugh.

Any irony in my post was purely coincidental, and comes as news to me.

(I have a habit of not using smilies much. Generally, I prefer, if I'm cracking a joke, to do it dead-pan. Perhaps I need a sort of anti-smilie to put in posts when I'm not trying to be funny.)

Post by **think positive** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:27 am

Oh for (mates with) sake!

My mum had dementia, I promise not to get offended, but I'm offended I'm the only one (or two) that doesn't get to choose!

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:31 am

Alright then. Your purpose is (mates with) sake.

Post by **David** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:25 am

think positive wrote:Oh for (mates with) sake!

My mum had dementia, I promise not to get offended, but I'm offended I'm the only one (or two) that doesn't get to choose!

It was this, more or less:

http://anti-joke.com/anti-joke/recent/2 ... gressed-to

Dangles · Post by **Dangles** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:13 am

Tannin wrote:
Dangles wrote:
Tannin wrote:I read it. Can't remember it. That suggests that it was indeed not very funny. I always remember the good ones. (Sometimes for as long as five minutes.)
Oh the irony.
Until I read David's post, I didn't remember that it was (apparently) a dementia joke. I really had forgotten it. Hell, David's prompting notwithstanding, I still don't remember it. I only remember the ones that make me laugh.

Any irony in my post was purely coincidental, and comes as news to me.

(I have a habit of not using smilies much. Generally, I prefer, if I'm cracking a joke, to do it dead-pan. Perhaps I need a sort of anti-smilie to put in posts when I'm not trying to be funny.)

Saul Goodman. I just thought it was ironic that you couldn't remember a joke about memory loss. Even though you weren't trying to be ironic.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:16 am

Thats okay I forget things all the time.

Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:38 am

Main reason I couldn't remember it is that I've heard it 104,532 times before. (Approximately.) Luckily I only remember 76,803 of them.

Dangles · Post by **Dangles** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:54 am

Really? Someone told me the joke a couple of nights ago and it was the first time I'd ever heard it. Maybe I should get out more.

Tannin · Post by **Tannin** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:39 am

I've heard it claimed that there are only 6* actual jokes in the whole world. All the others are simply variations on these basic 6.

* number varies. Small number anyway.

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