To quote one of my favorite poets 'those who only take seriously in earnest and jest for jest understand both equally bad' (Piet Hein; translated from danish - hope it makes sense)ark123 said:By that reasoning everything is always funny. I mean, you haven't asked every person on earth, right?JeppeH said:When you have to have the joke explained the joke was not meant for you.ark123 said:He just wrote an article with a lot of unnecessary intellectualism so you guys would theorize on how this is funny.
But it's just not. When you have to explain the joke, you've failed as a comedian (Louis C.K.)
When a joke isn't funny, the comedian misjudged his crowd.
A few sycophants will grin and say "HEHEHE BIG WORDS, HURRRRR", but most people won't bother reading it, and the ones that do will find it's void of Teh Funneh.
It was a joke article. He's making fun of college and uni graduates who do this type of thing.Jonluw said:I had no idea ZP had all those underlying messages.
And did the writer of this article purposefully make it a hell for non-native english speakers?
Maybe because there isn't?wooty said:Extremely in depth there, lots of big words. I usually just watch ZP for the laugh, never try to think in detail about all the hidden messages really.
ludos, latin, meaning "game". "-ology", from logos, meaning "word", now meaning "study of".Maur DL said:ludologist