this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
979 points (97.5% liked)

People Twitter

5264 readers
1816 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a tweet or similar
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah, I forgot that kind of humor where it sounds exactly like a bad take.

[โ€“] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device

Looks like a solid example of Misdirection and Understatement combined.

(This comment is also an example of Double Entendre.)