• HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    To add to your point. It also, in this case, subverted my expectations of what the joke was going to be. As the standard one just implies the therapist is taking notes because you’ve done something weird. The expectation is subverted, as the therapist is just stealing the joke instead. Subverted expectations are often a key part of humour.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, it’s not really explaining the joke here, but rather the actual punchline.