64bithero@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoMissing the simpler timesimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down153
arrow-up1416arrow-down1imageMissing the simpler times64bithero@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 days 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-down1·22 days agopuns are play on words.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 days agoBut puns aren’t the only kind.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days 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.