Why defines a “dad joke”?
This is more of a lighthearted, just-for-fun topic but what do you think all dad jokes have in common? What is it exactly that goes to make a joke that much more “dad” level cringe but laughable all the same?
Is there a clear criterion to be had at all or is it more subjective and ill-defined than that?
Is there a clear criterion to be had at all or is it more subjective and ill-defined than that?
Comments (7)
Dads (well our parents as overall) tend to make efforts to be funny with us but they end up being cringe. I think this situation happens due to the collapse of different generations. What some would think it is funny, others would see it as "cringe"
I guess if I were a dad, I would make bad/ridiculous jokes in a unconscious way.
Take your pick or start a research program. :joke:
I don't think Dad jokes are a thing. There are just mediocre jokes that when uttered by a middle aged man are dad jokes and when said by a young and ostensibly cool person either flop or succeed. We may arrive at a place where any mediocre joke is known as a dad joke in the same way that every complaint now seems to be made by a Karen.
It depends on the dad and the joke told. Jokes told by own dads can be the most fantastic or the most worse. I mean, if the professional comedian told a joke it could have a different impact than the same joke told by dad. The comedian could be the dad.