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dvhtoday at 9:24 AM1 replyview on HN

If it helps, joke works when the punchline is unexpected, but obvious in retrospect.

"I was going to tell a time-traveling joke, but you didn't like it." (Hmm, stolen)


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qseratoday at 9:27 AM

>joke works when the punchline is unexpected, but obvious in retrospect.

I have come to the conclusion that all art that works, have this trait in common.