nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoThe voice actor behind "PEGI 18" says he was paid just €200www.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down111
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkThe voice actor behind "PEGI 18" says he was paid just €200www.eurogamer.netnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down6·1 year agohttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/eighteen It’s Eighteen, not Eight Teen.
minus-squarefinthechat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down38·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down10·1 year agoBeing wrong isn’t inherently funny though
minus-squarefinthechat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down25·1 year agoIt was clearly a joke based on wordplay, not someone trying to assert a fact. That’s why I linked the Wiki article for Humor, because it seems like a lot of people don’t understand it.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down8·1 year agoNo, no we get it. It just isn’t very funny at all.
minus-squarecashews_win@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play
minus-squareIapar@feddit.decakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI know what a wordplay is. I asked what in the comment made it a wordplay.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago Different cultures have different typical expectations of humour so comedy shows are not always successful when transplanted into another culture. I guess the joke came from a culture where being wrong is inherently funny. Or was there another part of that page that you were referring to? Lol
minus-squarefinthechat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI love when I try to explain things to people and provide information, they just cherry pick through the facts to only affirm their previous biases. This is the sentence before your quote in the Wiki article: The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour to be inexplicable, strange, or even irrational. That’s you. Here’s a picture since you don’t seem to understand words: Joke You Do you get it, since the joke went over your head.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/eighteen
It’s Eighteen, not Eight Teen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour
Being wrong isn’t inherently funny though
It was clearly a joke based on wordplay, not someone trying to assert a fact. That’s why I linked the Wiki article for Humor, because it seems like a lot of people don’t understand it.
No, no we get it. It just isn’t very funny at all.
What is the wordplay?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play
I know what a wordplay is. I asked what in the comment made it a wordplay.
I guess the joke came from a culture where being wrong is inherently funny.
Or was there another part of that page that you were referring to? Lol
I love when I try to explain things to people and provide information, they just cherry pick through the facts to only affirm their previous biases.
This is the sentence before your quote in the Wiki article:
That’s you.
Here’s a picture since you don’t seem to understand words:
Joke
You
Do you get it, since the joke went over your head.