# Do you find jokes funny if you disagree with their premise?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-jokes-funny-if-you-disagree-with-their-premise/470294>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-jokes-funny-if-you-disagree-with-their-premise/470294 "2008-10-30T18:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-jokes-funny-if-you-disagree-with-their-premise/470294/21 "2008-10-31T14:13:57Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Some things are funny simply because they’re _witty_ and _well-timed_.

Exactly. That’s why the Joker from _Dark Knight_ is my favorite villain, even though he kills innocent people. Just the way he does it is hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-jokes-funny-if-you-disagree-with-their-premise/470294/22 "2008-10-31T15:08:05Z")

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> [@RoOsh](#):
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> It was only afterwards when I was sitting around, did I realize that gay theist makes no sense in that context (as it just seems to imply a gay religious person), but at the time it was linked to the play on atheist and I just added gay to it to make it into a pun.

I had a similar thought process, after I came up with the “gaytheist” joke but before I posted it. It was a quick punning impulse, so I clicked reply and typed fast. Then I sat there for a few seconds, looking at the words in the text box: does this actually make any real sense? Then I thought, fuck it, it’s still a funny word, don’t over-analyze, and crossed my fingers that people wouldn’t try to make more out of it than just the silliness of the portmanteau and clicked submit.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-jokes-funny-if-you-disagree-with-their-premise/470294/23 "2008-10-31T16:46:30Z")

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> [@Engineer\_Dude](#):
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> Exactly. That’s why the Joker from _Dark Knight_ is my favorite villain, even though he kills innocent people. Just the way he does it is hilarious.

_Ta da!_

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