this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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But aren’t jokes supposed to be like, funny or something?
According to an unsourced claim on Wikipedia, "repetition is the essential comedic device"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device
Repetition legitimizes
Repetition legitimizes
Holy hell
Don’t think it’s a joke. It’s just a thing that is done