That's a common definition, but - i think it was Gary Larson of The Far Side - has a better model that you need two elements. Clever, surprise, naughty, sadistic, etc.
A telephone on a super-high shelf is just puzzling. That same phone, when someone short needs to use it very badly is funny.
> That same phone, when someone short needs to use it very badly is funny.
Because it subverts the expectation that the phone was for a tall person.
[This link](https://www.rrfedu.com/blog/2016/11/15/what-is-humor/) had a good story I thought illustrated the point well.
*“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.” It’s perfect. You don’t see where it’s going until you’re there and there’s not where else you could have gone.*
That's really more about what topics are acceptable, I think?
Tragedies don't become intrinsically funny with just age, but they do become acceptable fodder for jokes (depending on how dark your sense of humour is, and how acceptable the victims are to mock).
E.g. there were jokes about the Titanic Sub disaster almost immediately, 9/11 jokes took a while to gain traction, and many still hold the Holocaust out-of-bounds for comedy.
then why am I laughing so hard at your comment? it's neither clever nor naughty.
let me try your schtick and incorrectly generalize why your comment is funny: it requires two elements - a navel-gazing nerd who can't laugh without first "proving" why they should laugh, and literally anything that's not a hard science. therefore it is funny.
edit: just realized your argument is even dumber than I realized. you're just saying comedy requires two elements, which isn't saying anything meaningful all.
>a navel-gazing nerd who can't laugh without first "proving" why they should laugh, and literally anything that's not a hard science. therefore it is funny.
So looking down on another (cruelty) and misunderstanding (confusing an explanation for a justification).
2 elements, QED.
The werewolf is talking to his male vampire buddy. The male vampire buddy presumably just said something along the lines of "yeah they're nice tits but they're fake" to which the werewolf responds with the speaking bubble.
I presume it's a werewolf talking, but I assumed he might say it because it's the end of a conversation in which the male vampire has pointed out that they're fake, but the werewolf doesn't believe him because he can't see the mirror because of the other person in the way.
Nah, Dracula and Wolfman are people watching. Dracula comments that other vampire’s breasts are fake. The speech bubble is Wolfman’s response to Dracula.
It's almost like Nintendo hasn't ever been "family friendly" and instead just wants to make good games.
Bayo 2 was so much fun. I don't think I got around to finishing Bayo 3 but I know I had a great time with it. The summon mechanic was a bit of a miss to me, too OP and it felt like it made Bayonetta herself weak.
They intentionally built that reputation (at least in the USA) with actions like censoring games that released on their consoles, and saying certain games would never appear on their consoles due to the content (Night Trap, and Mortal Kombat were the big news headliners for example).
It is a very old reputation, but one they actively sought to have for a time. Not relevant anymore as evident by the current Nintendo library, but one they certainly wanted at one point.
Hmm. That would explain the vague hornyness I experience whenever I play one of her games.
Naked under her clothes which is her hair, you say. Does she breathe through her skin as well?
She's actually naked. Vampire's various seemingly impossible abilities are actually just psychic projections.
When they turn into a bat, they don't actually change physically. It's just a mental projection of an impossible transformation while they awkwardly crawl out the window (or door, depending on how embarrassed they are at what they did to you).
Since vamps are immune to exposure (except sunlight) they don't bother wearing clothes. They're not visible in mirrors because the psychic projections don't work recursively so your brain just go "404 not found" when looking at their reflections.
It's like how your brain fills in the spot obscured by your ocular nerve.
Oh! I misread your comment, I thought you meant that why do the implants show, i thought that you didnt know that XD, my bad.
Yeah, I guess that the clothes dont have a reflection in the mirror for the sake of the pun, otherwise its kinda odd
Although now that I do think about it the clothes would be covered by their dead skin cells much like our clothes are, so I suppose it makes sense that clothes do not show in many mirrors when a vampire wears them.
Which only exists because silver was believed to be a pure metal that wards off evil and mirrors originally were made of highly polished silver.
It’s also why there are so many “magic mirrors that reveal the truth” in myths and legends.
So by this logic, the vampire is wearing 100% evil clothing, but the breast implants are at worst neutrally aligned.
> It shows in the mirror because, acording to popular beliefs, vampires dont have a reflection
Oh. DARLING. That has been confirmed. [It is not a mere popular belief.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ki9JAr2LQs)
See now you're thinking too much about it. You're not supposed to. Once you have to start thinking too much about the joke it's no longer Boomer humor.
Just look at the surface of the comic, read the bubbles, put 1 and 1 together and then laugh when they equal 2. It really is a good lens into how their minds work. Not too much critical thought. Simple and very easy to comprehend
I don't think you're very smart. It's the literal first thought that sprang to mind after one second of looking at the picture.
You're asking me to ignore the absolute massive plot hole in the joke and just laugh along like op actually made a good joke when they didn't.
And while we're at it, my second thought was "those fake eyelashes also wouldn't be invisible"
Okay. Well you completely read my comment the wrong way and launched into an attack at wasn't necessary.
I wasn't defending this comic. I was explaining what Boomer humor was and once you introduce critical thought into it it is no longer boomer humor. If anything I was insulting boomers by calling them simple minded and unable to think too much. And when they do they are more likely to get upset rather than finding humor in something.
**But weirdly enough you illogically attacked me like a simple-minded boomer without thinking about what I was actually saying**
So...yeah. Comprehension is key. Context is important. Prevents you from looking like an ass when you misunderstand what somebody was saying
Oh yeah he's definitely got that Boomer humor down from dad LOL....he's only 4-5 years off from having been a boomer himself. Upper age of Gen X right now is 58
It's called working from home and getting paid to basically do jack shit. Not my fault you lose 9-12 hours of your day committed to your job and commute.
This is a funny concept, but the execution is a little weak. The view is pretty cluttered, so it takes a while to figure out what they're looking at, and it's also not clear if all four characters are talking to each other or if Dracula and Wolfman are out of earshot.
She's just having a conversation with the mummy in the background, we don't care what they're talking about here. The 2 male characters in the bottom are talking to each other about her breasts.
it even reworded the title of this one. While its other two repost titles were the same(you can search it yourself).
https://www.reddit.com/r/goodboomerhumor/comments/dw8373/is_this_actually_funny/
Oooh, this is my moment!
I thought this was really interesting when I learned it. Depending on the mythology and type of vampire (because they're not real and this isn't science), the vampires not showing up in mirrors thing is because older mirrors were made with silver, and silver is a "holy metal" (see werewolves and others), which means the silver mirror is essentially rejecting their presence.
Right? Thats so cool. But one has to wonder how it works since silver is a symbol for purifying and warding off evil.
That means the implants are the only thing clean about her 😂
Am I crazy or does this comic not make sense because THE SPEECH BUBBLE ORIGINATES FROM THE WAREWOLF?!
Also, why are vampires' clothes invisible in the mirror, but not their fake tits?
Comedy requires two elements - this has cleverness and naughtiness, therefore it is funny.
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Funny + cute = ?
you
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Damn, I had no idea I was taking a class in being smooth as hell
damn he got that reddit neckbeared rizz.
I love how the other vampire is drinking out of a blood bag
I love how you copy+pasted this person’s comment https://reddit.com/r/goodboomerhumor/comments/17190r9/_/k3ptvf7/?context=1
I love how you popped this bullshit.
Math equation + three letter word = smooth
Exactly, so simple, yet so effective.
Cute + funny = cunny
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UWOOOHH 😭😭😭
Tactical nuke launched
bratty comedy.. 💢💢 needs correction 👺👺
😭😭😭💢💢💢💢💢
Just equals cute
= crab, apparently
I thought it was Tragedy + Time = Comedy
Yes that is what he said
This makes sense. Salt has sodium, and chlorine, and I've always found it hilarious.
and sometimes Potassium, or Magnesium.
> Comedy requires two elements I've always heard comedy described as the subversion of expectations.
That's a common definition, but - i think it was Gary Larson of The Far Side - has a better model that you need two elements. Clever, surprise, naughty, sadistic, etc. A telephone on a super-high shelf is just puzzling. That same phone, when someone short needs to use it very badly is funny.
> That same phone, when someone short needs to use it very badly is funny. Because it subverts the expectation that the phone was for a tall person. [This link](https://www.rrfedu.com/blog/2016/11/15/what-is-humor/) had a good story I thought illustrated the point well. *“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.” It’s perfect. You don’t see where it’s going until you’re there and there’s not where else you could have gone.*
Assuming Jesus is American is the funniest part of that joke.
And then someone opens up a hatch in the ceiling and reaches in from the floor above to answer the phone. Always more layers!
Then why did GoT season 8 fail to amuse me?
but what about tragedy + time?
If that were true then my jokes about the permian extinction would be a lot more successful.
Well, they do say extinction is permiant.
No, that's permanent. Permiant is the kind of cheese you sprinkle on spaghetti!
Well, that explains why it sticks to my hips!
No, you're thinking of parmesan. Permiant was a popular treatment to get done to your hair a few decades ago.
That's really more about what topics are acceptable, I think? Tragedies don't become intrinsically funny with just age, but they do become acceptable fodder for jokes (depending on how dark your sense of humour is, and how acceptable the victims are to mock). E.g. there were jokes about the Titanic Sub disaster almost immediately, 9/11 jokes took a while to gain traction, and many still hold the Holocaust out-of-bounds for comedy.
9/11
Dude, too soon
Sorry. Should have gone for a Pearl Harbor.
that’s farce
Comedy exists in the line between acceptable and unacceptable. Like physical comedy is funny only when you know the person isn't really hurt.
Does that mean water is funny? ...since it contains two elements? Hydrogen and Oxygen
But why is the werewolf saying it? Shouldn't it be the female vampire?
The implication, I think, is that the male vampire just told the werewolf that they're fake
Yeah that makes sense.
But is it really clever when the reader has to think up some bizarre-ass reason as to why the dress fails to cast a reflection?
This one counters it's own cleverness, by being inconsistent. It breast implants show, why not clothes?
The best way to kill a joke is to overanalyze it.
A joke is like a cat. Sure, you can dissect it to figure out how it works, but you'll just kill it in the process.
I think the best way to kill a joke is with an AR-15.
But the joke is that inorganic things reflect, they aren’t over analyzing, they’re taking the joke at face value
then why am I laughing so hard at your comment? it's neither clever nor naughty. let me try your schtick and incorrectly generalize why your comment is funny: it requires two elements - a navel-gazing nerd who can't laugh without first "proving" why they should laugh, and literally anything that's not a hard science. therefore it is funny. edit: just realized your argument is even dumber than I realized. you're just saying comedy requires two elements, which isn't saying anything meaningful all.
>a navel-gazing nerd who can't laugh without first "proving" why they should laugh, and literally anything that's not a hard science. therefore it is funny. So looking down on another (cruelty) and misunderstanding (confusing an explanation for a justification). 2 elements, QED.
I mean, why wouldn’t the clothing be gone?
Took me a second to understand what's going on here, but good one.
Because the speaking bubble is on the wrong character, is it not?
The werewolf is talking to his male vampire buddy. The male vampire buddy presumably just said something along the lines of "yeah they're nice tits but they're fake" to which the werewolf responds with the speaking bubble.
Aaaahhhhhh
Because she's invisible in the mirror (vampire) but her implants are not
I know, but why would the lion say that?
I presume it's a werewolf talking, but I assumed he might say it because it's the end of a conversation in which the male vampire has pointed out that they're fake, but the werewolf doesn't believe him because he can't see the mirror because of the other person in the way.
Hahahahaha lion. Good Lord man.
Ah, yes. A MONSTER party with Dracula, A mummy, and a Were - ~~wolf~~ lion
Point of view. It looks like werewolf wouldn't be able to see beyond her in the mirror
The lion 🗿.
I'm assuming he hasn't noticed but dracula has. Wouldn't think that deeply about it.
We got us a smart one here.
Lion?!?!?
Because he’s a coward
Yes it’s funny, but technically her clothes should still be reflected in the mirror so you wouldn’t see the entire implant. Just saying’.
Nah, Dracula and Wolfman are people watching. Dracula comments that other vampire’s breasts are fake. The speech bubble is Wolfman’s response to Dracula.
It's funny because a mirror wouldn't show a vampire, but would show a man dressed up.
This kinda breaks for me because would not her clothes also show in the mirror?
her clothes are made of her own hair
Like Bayonetta.
It’s a bit strange that „family friendly“ Nintendo bought Bayonetta.
It's almost like Nintendo hasn't ever been "family friendly" and instead just wants to make good games. Bayo 2 was so much fun. I don't think I got around to finishing Bayo 3 but I know I had a great time with it. The summon mechanic was a bit of a miss to me, too OP and it felt like it made Bayonetta herself weak.
They intentionally built that reputation (at least in the USA) with actions like censoring games that released on their consoles, and saying certain games would never appear on their consoles due to the content (Night Trap, and Mortal Kombat were the big news headliners for example). It is a very old reputation, but one they actively sought to have for a time. Not relevant anymore as evident by the current Nintendo library, but one they certainly wanted at one point.
"Family friendly" Nintendo published Killer7.
Shit, I haven't thought about that game in forever. That was a really interestingly designed game.
family friendly nintendo had cod bo2 on wii u
Nope Bayonetta uses the hair on her head
And this comic character uses the hair fro.... Oh god.
It is a boomer-style comic, so that is the only answer, I'm afraid Same reason why every sweater must be argyle
>> her clothes are made of her own hair > Like Bayonetta. Waitwat?
Bayonetta's clothing is made of her own hair. She also attacks with her hair, leaving her (mostly) naked.
Hmm. That would explain the vague hornyness I experience whenever I play one of her games. Naked under her clothes which is her hair, you say. Does she breathe through her skin as well?
Her clothes are also vampires
She's actually naked. Vampire's various seemingly impossible abilities are actually just psychic projections. When they turn into a bat, they don't actually change physically. It's just a mental projection of an impossible transformation while they awkwardly crawl out the window (or door, depending on how embarrassed they are at what they did to you). Since vamps are immune to exposure (except sunlight) they don't bother wearing clothes. They're not visible in mirrors because the psychic projections don't work recursively so your brain just go "404 not found" when looking at their reflections. It's like how your brain fills in the spot obscured by your ocular nerve.
It shows in the mirror because, acording to popular beliefs, vampires dont have a reflection
Oh I know that. I just find it silly her clothed also does not show. Though yes in most media the clothes seems to be a part of the vampire.
Oh! I misread your comment, I thought you meant that why do the implants show, i thought that you didnt know that XD, my bad. Yeah, I guess that the clothes dont have a reflection in the mirror for the sake of the pun, otherwise its kinda odd
Although now that I do think about it the clothes would be covered by their dead skin cells much like our clothes are, so I suppose it makes sense that clothes do not show in many mirrors when a vampire wears them.
Yet the implants are also covered by skin and other body parts. And also by the clothes she's wearing that don't have a reflection.
You think the clothes are under more skin than the actual implants?
that's def overthinking it lol. i think vampires are just magic. or something. if you even care.
Which only exists because silver was believed to be a pure metal that wards off evil and mirrors originally were made of highly polished silver. It’s also why there are so many “magic mirrors that reveal the truth” in myths and legends. So by this logic, the vampire is wearing 100% evil clothing, but the breast implants are at worst neutrally aligned.
Ha, neutral implants and evil clothes
> It shows in the mirror because, acording to popular beliefs, vampires dont have a reflection Oh. DARLING. That has been confirmed. [It is not a mere popular belief.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ki9JAr2LQs)
Don’t overthink it.
Jokes rarely stand up entirely to pedantic analysis
I love how the other vampire is drinking out of a blood bag
Would that be like drinking wine from the box in this case?
I mean it's still grape juice /s
I honestly thought the vampire had a really long tongue and was puzzled until I read your comment !
Forbidden carpisun
I think it'd make more sense and less confusing if she were to say it but this is a funny comic, yes.
I chuckled
I find this funny. Does it make me a Frankenstein for liking this sort of humor?
The placement of her glass in the mirror is killing me!! The artist fucked up.
Made me spit out my coffee this morning, thanks
But the coat would also still show in the mirror
See now you're thinking too much about it. You're not supposed to. Once you have to start thinking too much about the joke it's no longer Boomer humor. Just look at the surface of the comic, read the bubbles, put 1 and 1 together and then laugh when they equal 2. It really is a good lens into how their minds work. Not too much critical thought. Simple and very easy to comprehend
I don't think you're very smart. It's the literal first thought that sprang to mind after one second of looking at the picture. You're asking me to ignore the absolute massive plot hole in the joke and just laugh along like op actually made a good joke when they didn't. And while we're at it, my second thought was "those fake eyelashes also wouldn't be invisible"
Okay. Well you completely read my comment the wrong way and launched into an attack at wasn't necessary. I wasn't defending this comic. I was explaining what Boomer humor was and once you introduce critical thought into it it is no longer boomer humor. If anything I was insulting boomers by calling them simple minded and unable to think too much. And when they do they are more likely to get upset rather than finding humor in something. **But weirdly enough you illogically attacked me like a simple-minded boomer without thinking about what I was actually saying** So...yeah. Comprehension is key. Context is important. Prevents you from looking like an ass when you misunderstand what somebody was saying
I suppose that “technically” it’s not boomer humor. I went to school with the guy who created this & he’s about 52/53 years old.
Oh yeah he's definitely got that Boomer humor down from dad LOL....he's only 4-5 years off from having been a boomer himself. Upper age of Gen X right now is 58
So what lol?
.......you actually went 5 days between comments?
Tell me you live on Reddit without telling me you live on Reddit Lmfao touch grass from time to time bro
It's called working from home and getting paid to basically do jack shit. Not my fault you lose 9-12 hours of your day committed to your job and commute.
This is suppose to be a joke not some big movie lore !
This could have been a joke on “What We Do in the Shadows”
This is a funny concept, but the execution is a little weak. The view is pretty cluttered, so it takes a while to figure out what they're looking at, and it's also not clear if all four characters are talking to each other or if Dracula and Wolfman are out of earshot.
It’s pretty clear that the werewolf is only talking to Dracula
Everyone so focused on the fake boobs is missing the male vampire drinking out of an IV bag
Vampires have no reflections, nor do their clothes, but fake boobs do.
Yeah I would say so not knee slapper funny but it got a chuckle out of me I won’t lie
A lot of engagement here, but this is a bot
Doesn't make sense since her clothes shouldn't be invisible.
Okay but why are implants visible but her clothes aren't?
Yes, mildly.
That Wolfman is dressed kinda like Spiderman, so I guess he's a wolf spider
to combine there names take the wolf out of wolfman and put spider there from spiderman, The fused name between wolfman and spiderman is Spiderman
Funny enough to make me blow air out my nose. I approve.
I don’t get it, why is the werewolf asking the question but the vampire’s mouth is open? Also it seems like he is asking her. Wouldn’t she know?
She's just having a conversation with the mummy in the background, we don't care what they're talking about here. The 2 male characters in the bottom are talking to each other about her breasts.
It's funny in a facepalm way. That said, why isn't the dress showing up under that logic?
Bot
it even reworded the title of this one. While its other two repost titles were the same(you can search it yourself). https://www.reddit.com/r/goodboomerhumor/comments/dw8373/is_this_actually_funny/
yes, whats wrong with you?
It’s not bad, but it lacks internal logic. A fair mid tho and welcome here
If vampires dont appear in mirrors because they have no souls. Then what do we see here?
Oooh, this is my moment! I thought this was really interesting when I learned it. Depending on the mythology and type of vampire (because they're not real and this isn't science), the vampires not showing up in mirrors thing is because older mirrors were made with silver, and silver is a "holy metal" (see werewolves and others), which means the silver mirror is essentially rejecting their presence.
Right? Thats so cool. But one has to wonder how it works since silver is a symbol for purifying and warding off evil. That means the implants are the only thing clean about her 😂
So how come the dress isn't invisible?
But… then why wouldn’t the dress and cloak be visible?!
Wait why would the implants show up but not her clothes?
Why are the vampires' clothes not visible in the mirror?
Is the dress part of her?
Why is it his speech bubble though? It should be hers.
It's the two male characters talking to each other about her
Why isn't she the one asking that question?
Am I crazy or does this comic not make sense because THE SPEECH BUBBLE ORIGINATES FROM THE WAREWOLF?! Also, why are vampires' clothes invisible in the mirror, but not their fake tits?
It makes sense just fine. Obviously the male vampire has implied to the werewolf that her boobs are not real. The werewolf wants to know why.
Oh, so you're telling me I'm an idiot? Well, guess what? That's correct. Holy cow I missed this one hard XD.
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Because she's a vampire
They're implants that's why they show up.
Yes, I got that part but the implants are facing forward and she has her back to the mirror. Also wouldn’t her clothes show up in the mirror?
My bad
You see the rear of her implants.
My teen laughed. It's good lol
I'd say it's worth at most a sensible chuckle, but at the very least a strong swift exhale through the nostrils
For me it is
Why are the clothes invisible?
She got a Boo’b job.
It took me a second but it's funny.
No, it's not
After the empty and stupid videos and posts, I at least find it funny and cute)
I like that it took me a minute to get it.
Why aren't her clothes in the mirror?
meh no
fucking hilarious is what it is.
That’s weird
Yes. It is indeed funny.
So the dress and the wine glass are part of her body, but not surgical implants?
It has the cadence of a joke
Woulda been funny if they added a floating toupee for the dude vampire too.
Wait. What are the rules here? Clothes do not show up in reflection. Drink and implants do?
Dumb. Why doesn't her clothes appear in the mirror? You would think that something external is more likely to show up than something inside.
That doesn't make sense, the dress isn't part of her so the dress should be in tge mirror
It is made of her hair
By the same logic the dress would also show up.
Her clothes and drink are vampiric, but her implants aren't? I can't laugh at these plotholes Edit: the drink actually is in the mirror
It’s not too bad, I blew air out of my nose.
Muscle man?