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minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agonot really a dad joke. dad jokes are generally puns.
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoLately that’s true but it wasn’t always. Early on in the subreddit there was a lot more diversity. Dad joke just meant a kind of play on words (or ideas), not necessarily a pun. I miss that.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agopuns are play on words.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut puns aren’t the only kind.
not really a dad joke. dad jokes are generally puns.
Lately that’s true but it wasn’t always. Early on in the subreddit there was a lot more diversity. Dad joke just meant a kind of play on words (or ideas), not necessarily a pun. I miss that.
puns are play on words.
But puns aren’t the only kind.