64bithero@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMissing the simpler timeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down153
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minus-squaretatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLately that’s true but it wasn’t always. Early on in the subreddit there was a lot more diversity. Dad joke just meant a kind of play on words (or ideas), not necessarily a pun. I miss that.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agopuns are play on words.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoBut puns aren’t the only kind.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoyeah I mean the classic hi whoever im dad is not a pun but this meme is nothing at all like a dad joke.
Lately that’s true but it wasn’t always. Early on in the subreddit there was a lot more diversity. Dad joke just meant a kind of play on words (or ideas), not necessarily a pun. I miss that.
puns are play on words.
But puns aren’t the only kind.
yeah I mean the classic hi whoever im dad is not a pun but this meme is nothing at all like a dad joke.