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RichardKennaway comments on Jokes Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: JosephY 24 July 2014 12:31AM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 24 July 2014 09:24:02AM 30 points [-]

"Yields a joke when preceded by its quotation" yields a joke when preceded by its quotation.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 July 2014 03:19:27PM *  19 points [-]

Q: What's quining?

A: "Is an example, when preceded by its quotation" is an example, when preceded by its quotation.

Comment author: pragmatist 25 July 2014 08:40:55AM 12 points [-]

"Kind of misses the point of the joke" kind of misses the point of the joke.

Comment author: Alejandro1 24 July 2014 09:40:55AM 22 points [-]

"However, yields an even better joke (due to an extra meta level) when preceded by its quotation and a comma", however, yields an even better joke (due to an extra meta level) when preceded by its quotation and a comma.

Comment author: Dallas 25 July 2014 04:17:45PM 31 points [-]

"Is a even better joke than the previous joke when preceded by its quotation" is actually much funnier when followed by something completely different.

Comment author: Kawoomba 24 July 2014 10:22:38AM 3 points [-]

“when quined, makes quite a joke” when quined, makes quite a joke

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 25 July 2014 06:55:59AM 2 points [-]