I know it’s been around forever but this specific type is all over the place lately for reasons that will become obvious.
Basically whenever there’s a brief aside where after somebody says something mundane they immediately say something related like a pun. Like say somebody says “One of the Witnesses was named MacDonald” and somebody immediately replies “I heard he had a farm”. However nowadays the humor is basically just find the latest political thing and immediately associate it with what was just said, like this week alone I’ve heard all the following “jokes” on completely different podcasts
Host 1: Apparently the character worked at the New York Times
Host 2: The failing New York Times…
Host 1: The ship was made out of a heavy steel
Host 2: I hear we’re putting tarrifs on it soon
Host 1: The song was written about a coal miner
Host 2: I hear those jobs are coming back soon
I don’t get the point of any of those jokes, as they aren’t really jokes unlike the McDonald one which is sort of a pun? They’re just political buzzwords thrown into discussions for no reason. It’s very obnoxious because I’ve been noticing this humor is appearing more and more now and it really adds nothing to the conversation or humor.