@ooli to science • 5 months agoHow Does Our Sense of Humor Change With Age? A Statistical Analysiswww.statsignificant.comexternal-linkmessage-square12arrow-up178arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoI became a dad late (around middle age) and was telling dad jokes way before that. My theory is it’s less about becoming a father and more about getting older and just wanting to annoy people for my own amusement.
minus-squareEl Bartolink4•5 months agoPlease expand. I’ll never be a father, but I’m curious. Or are you referring to dad jokes?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•5 months agoIt’s more about not really caring if the person you’re telling the joke to finds it funny and more about amusing yourself
minus-square@Num10cklinkEnglish2•5 months agothats true for puns and quick wit, but theres also a new obligation to keep it clean and you have to keep the offensive filth internal.
There must be a singularity when you become a father
I became a dad late (around middle age) and was telling dad jokes way before that. My theory is it’s less about becoming a father and more about getting older and just wanting to annoy people for my own amusement.
Please expand. I’ll never be a father, but I’m curious.
Or are you referring to dad jokes?
It’s more about not really caring if the person you’re telling the joke to finds it funny and more about amusing yourself
Oh, I do this all the time. Might be age, then!
thats true for puns and quick wit, but theres also a new obligation to keep it clean and you have to keep the offensive filth internal.