• shalafi@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        I’d say that is the most striped down explanation of comedy, fits about every case.

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      26 days ago
      • “How the flying fuck”: Starts off as an intensifier, but it’s a mangled idiom mashup. “What the flying fuck” expresses shock; “How the fuck” asks for method. This? It’s neither fish nor fowl—grammatically awkward, like asking for the mechanics of outrage. Funny? It’s like swearing at a GPS for bad directions.

      • “do you think”: Solid. No issues here. It’s the straight man in this comedy of errors.

      • “this shits funny”: The punchline. Should be “this shit’s funny” (contraction for “this shit is funny,” slang for “this is amusing”). Instead, it’s parsed as “this” (subject) + “shits” (third-person verb for defecates) + “funny” (adjective/adverb?). Reads like “this thing poops in a hilarious way.” Hilarious malapropism—turns vulgar disbelief into accidental scatological humor. Confidence: 95%. No lookup needed; it’s basic English gone rogue.

      That’s how.