wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes: January 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 January 2011 07:04:07AM 2 points [-]

because the ruining of a joke is defined not to include the initial statement of the joke

Really? What if they totally mess up the punchline? Or accidentally use a synonym of the word that was being set up for a pun?

Comment author: endoself 04 January 2011 07:25:54AM 0 points [-]

Good point, I did assume that the joke was told correctly.