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toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou put “stupid” in quotes but what’s the “joke” here? “Haha, I lied to you, hilarious”? I’m glad people get joy out of this … I guess … But I’m curmudgeonly and don’t get it.
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toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou put “stupid” in quotes but what’s the “joke” here? “Haha, I lied to you, hilarious”? I’m glad people get joy out of this … I guess … But I’m curmudgeonly and don’t get it.
LePoisson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean that’s literally the joke. Haha you thought you were going to see one thing but you saw another.
It’s just another version of 2girls1cup or tubgirl or goaste … Ok maybe us millennials are fucked because all those examples are heinous AF compared to a little rick roll - but I mean, same concept.
Just subversion of expectation, many a joke is built on a version of that - I’d say it’s ultimately what a lot of humor derives from.
Maybe it’s not funny, it might not even be a joke and more of just a meme but if you are searching for an explanation there is one for you.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Yeah it’s the domesticated variant of shock humor.