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    xkcd explained[^] Because the more you explain a joke the funnier it gets... Modified: fixed the link

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      xkcd explained[^] Because the more you explain a joke the funnier it gets... Modified: fixed the link

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      Henry Minute
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      I'm so glad that you gave that link because until reading it I had not understand those particular cartoons. Now I understand them. I don't find them at all amusing but I do understand them.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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        I'm so glad that you gave that link because until reading it I had not understand those particular cartoons. Now I understand them. I don't find them at all amusing but I do understand them.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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        Seems you were better of not understanding them? There will be a new one tomorrow. :)

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          Seems you were better of not understanding them? There will be a new one tomorrow. :)

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          Luc Pattyn wrote:

          Seems you were better of not understanding them

          Absotively. I used to ROTFL when I didn't understand them. Now, barely a titter.

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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            xkcd explained[^] Because the more you explain a joke the funnier it gets... Modified: fixed the link

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            "The Author is making a joke about how sometimes things in your fridge are very old." That I think was funnier than the comic itself.

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              xkcd explained[^] Because the more you explain a joke the funnier it gets... Modified: fixed the link

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              My other half doesn't get these either, and wonders why I laugh myself stupid with them! She doesn't appreciate them even after I've explained them.

              You don't have to be mad to live here [UK], but it helps.

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                "The Author is making a joke about how sometimes things in your fridge are very old." That I think was funnier than the comic itself.

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                I thought that was a typo

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                  "The Author is making a joke about how sometimes things in your fridge are very old." That I think was funnier than the comic itself.

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                  Yes! The explanations often have a clever humour of their own :)

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                    xkcd explained[^] Because the more you explain a joke the funnier it gets... Modified: fixed the link

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                    The writer of xkcd explained is clearly jealous of the xkcd "Author", because in every "explanation" he humiliates the later. For example, in an explanation about a "malamanteau", he writes: Finding humor in word-play is an excellent way to feel superior to other people, without needing to think creatively or experience actual emotions. FTW? Finding humor is experiencing the actual emotion, and to find humor is to think creatively. You could write things like "Doing X is an excellent way to feel superior, etc." - and to substitute X with anything at all. This being written by someone in the internets doesn't make it true or smart. I, for example, do often find humor in word-play, without feeling superior to anyone. To sum it up, the xkcd explained is nothing but an ill-tempered worthless commentary of xkcd. IMO.

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