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Jun 13, 2020 12:52 AM
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I know comedy is very subjective and stuff but how do you gauge that certain comedy series satisfied you?
Personally i don't express emotions at all like for the saddest of sad scenes I don't cry and I don't laugh at jokes much either.
So the way i see comedy is way to pass time in a good way, like when I watched Saiki Kusuo time flew by like nothing, every episode felt like 5 minutes long to me and it gave me very satisfactory feeling when I finished it.
So how does comedy work for you guys?
Jun 13, 2020 1:05 AM
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I really like it when jokes are unnecessary and over the top more than I do when they're in gag format. The most I've laughed to anime has been to shows not tagged as comedy.
Jun 13, 2020 1:10 AM
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In middle school, it was all about dirty humor. Words such as penis, dick, and other vulgar words would always get me to laugh but now, I don't even crack a smile and I think people who find them funny as immature. Now as I grow older, I enjoy "boring" or "innocent" comedy. I don't know how to describe it but basically humor or the comedy from Daily Lives of High School Boys. Mostly things that most people don't find funny because it's boring or pure, I like that kinda stuff. But not anime-related comedy, I do enjoy the show, Impractical Jokers, very much
Jun 13, 2020 1:12 AM
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I'm pretty giggly tbh I laugh at a lot of stuff.

This is the scene that gave me a ridiculous laugh attack when I was little.

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And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Jun 13, 2020 1:13 AM
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I like surreal/absurdist comedy like Mighty Boosh and Key & Peele. That's why humour in Asobi Asobase worked pefectly for me - I regularly rewatch some scenes and they are still funny.
Jun 13, 2020 2:57 AM
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I think that Ishozoku Reviewers was about as pure comedy as it gets.

Comedy to me, as an Austalian born Englishman, is all about being clever. It is not about ecchi, or dirty, but the cleverness behind the joke.

A joke can be dirty, but if it does not contain a cleverness about it, it is just a dirty joke. There must be a deeper thoughtful truth present in the joke that makes it truly worthwhile.

And it is often that thoughtful truth that brings the comedy to life.

Sort of like what the court jester in ancient England used to do - use a truthful remark to bring out the balance in an accusation.

Comedy requires an element of truth and circumspection in order to be able to laugh at oneself, even if it is through the pain of other people's circumstances.

That's what makes it great.
idk about you but the closer a girl gets to looking like ronald mcdonald, the more aroused i become. CAV

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Jun 13, 2020 7:45 AM
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I like unintentionally ironic things and intentionally ironic things.
Jun 13, 2020 7:22 PM
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"comedy" in anime is very hit or miss for me. i prefer when it's subtle and not the main focus of a series. there is some comedy, like oregairu, where it doesn't actually make you laugh out loud per se, but rather full of little chuckles and snickers (at least for me). i prefer that to some of the over the top/exaggerated stuff that is meant to make people die of laughter (depending on the person ofc).
Jun 13, 2020 7:26 PM
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Self-aware English dubs for hentai. AMV Hell. And Two Best Friends Play's references.

Jun 14, 2020 11:30 AM

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I shall allow this video to talk in my stead.


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Jun 15, 2020 9:14 PM

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Irony and cringe are easily the top for me. I hate convoluted jokes because they detract from the point unless they're implemented by a mastermind.

Honestly, if I ever want to laugh immediately, I just look at people closely. There's always a breathing (hah, get it?) joke among a group of people if you look close enough.

Also, thinking that "dirty" humour is immature is just nonsensical. People's humour comes from experience. Your brain dictates what you like so whenever you encounter something fresh, it clings to it. Since I'm a master of my mind, I value all dirty jokes by their own merit.
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Jun 15, 2020 9:17 PM

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Edgy. Filthy frank. Gross sexual jokes. But none of that exists now so I rarely ever laugh anymore
Jun 15, 2020 9:19 PM

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Kayle_x_Morgana said:
Edgy. Filthy frank. Gross sexual jokes. But none of that exists now so I rarely ever laugh anymore
Super Trash Bros is a classic. Seeing Chad get burned and jumping into a pond is top-tier entertainment.
Jun 15, 2020 9:20 PM

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I love watching cats die. It’s hilarious, HAHA šŸ˜†
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Jun 15, 2020 11:15 PM

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If I laugh then that is comedy. I laugh at almost anything be it surreal, absurdist, vulgar, especially about race and ethnicities, jokes about romanians vs hungarians are the best. I hate forced comedy like when a guy says something that he doesn't think it's funny but the majority thinks is funny so he tells the joke anyway. It's hard to explain.
Jun 16, 2020 1:13 AM

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I like when things are super weird and nobody questions it.
Like the father cat in Azumanga Daioh or Elizabeth in Gintama. These creatures are just... there...
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Jun 17, 2020 12:46 AM

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Any funny stuff could do, though to tell you honestly there are times that I am really slow in understanding sexual jokes.

I also really like those subliminal messages that you should really think hard first before guessing the hidden meaning.
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Jun 17, 2020 12:56 AM

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I'm not really that specific about comedy... in terms of anime, I love comedy anime (that I've seen) and I plan to watch more. Any sort of comedy works, as long as it's not insanely offensive or harmful to someone. I find that humorous rivalries between characters make me laugh. Y'know, those characters who are rivals and usually end up yelling at each other or fighting, even in the most inappropriate of situations?

I really liked Saiki K as well...

I also like relatable comedy. I'm probably not going to laugh at a joke, say, about how hard it is to have a dick or something, because I don't have a dick, y'know?

TDLR: I'm pretty open to most comedy although I will laugh more at certain things
Jun 17, 2020 3:33 AM

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i'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
can't understand what i mean? well, you soon will

Jun 17, 2020 6:31 AM

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Besides Saiki for anime, the witty irony of people like Boileau, Courier and Proust, the humor hidden behind serious statements of Stendhal or the neologisms and play on words of Céline ("tellement qu'on n'en veut pas", "faut être osé", etc) and Joyce ("Lewd's Carol"), the change of register in literature works best for me.

Jun 17, 2020 7:31 AM
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Absurd reality detached nonsense. The more detached, the higher the chance it'll cause a reaction in me.
Jun 17, 2020 9:09 AM

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If you've ever seen Gintama. That's the kind of humor that makes me laugh.

Also, I think the dub version of Ghost Stories is freaking hilarious.
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Jun 18, 2020 3:12 AM

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Unexpected and unnecessary comments/actions are comedy for me.
Jun 18, 2020 12:07 PM

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i enjoy dark/horror humor like the adams family and the santa clarita diet,
Jun 18, 2020 12:10 PM

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Things that are Ironic usually get me laughing

Jun 18, 2020 1:43 PM

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Well everything can be i remember laughing to disabled kid at koe no katachi.

I love badly made dramas and horrors they can be really funny but i also like normal stuff Kaguya , Grand Blue etc.

I feel like i can even laugh at most serious movie depending on my psychology/status during watching it so my view on comedy is pretty complicated.
Jun 18, 2020 2:27 PM

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i do not have a particular jokes around that i want but even dark humor like i read on 4chan /a/ when the KyoAni arson broke out i laugh on jokes like "i guess they got fired" so if there is hell *puns* im sure i will go there
Jun 18, 2020 2:36 PM

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As long as a show is able to make me laugh I consider it good comedy. My satisfaction would be directly correlated to how much it made me laugh.

Pretty simple logic, I don't see the point in over-analyzing it. The method of reaching the objective doesn't matter as long as the objective was reached.
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Jun 18, 2020 5:14 PM

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This is comedy in 2020. Six million years of human evolution have resulted in this.




Jun 18, 2020 6:04 PM

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i like really dry and edgy humour. i love norm macdonald.
i care much more about the delivery than the substance of the joke.

female comedians too. i like to laugh at how unfunny they are.
Jun 18, 2020 6:12 PM

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I used to think of myself as a connoisseur of the art of comedy or whatever (and I am, mind you). But, at the end of the day, nothing makes me laugh more than an unexpected Hagrid "cock!" comment from a dumbass Youtube poop video.

Comedy is the unexpected I think, lol. Or the absurd, like in a weird Monty Python sketch.
Jun 18, 2020 6:42 PM
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feelingofgaze said:
i like really dry and edgy humour. i love norm macdonald.
i care much more about the delivery than the substance of the joke.

female comedians too. i like to laugh at how unfunny they are.


I am easily amused, I love to laugh and have a wide taste in humor but I have not come across a single female comedian I like.
Jun 18, 2020 6:54 PM

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Satire is some good stuff, esp if it's political.

Political compass memes I enjoy also, and CountryBalls occasionally too though many of the historical stuff goes over my head.
Jun 18, 2020 10:27 PM

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All manner of things can be funny to me, though generally it's stuff that is incongruent with how I generally perceive and interact with the world.

Transgressive humour's generally great too.
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Jun 18, 2020 11:20 PM

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Honestly at this point, anything that isn't American comedy.
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Jun 19, 2020 2:13 AM
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my life was a tragedy. But now I realize, it’s a comedy.

So, yes, my life
Aug 24, 2020 9:41 AM
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Satire and word play (puns!) are enjoyable for me. I also like referential humour if I'm aware of the source being referenced.
Aug 24, 2020 10:29 AM
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Anything that makes you laugh can be considered comedy.

Yes, it is completely subjective indeed. In my case, it doesn't always need to be something too intricate. Like for example, these comedies from the 2000s era that a lot of people consider vulgar, but I still find some of them pretty funny at times.



There are also times when a joke makes people laugh because of how unfunny and stupid it actually is.
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I love the reaction based comedy of anime. It's the whole Boke and Tsukkomi thing integrated within the context of the anime.
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Aug 24, 2020 11:08 AM

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Mostly situational humour; for me, Seinfeld is the perfect example of a good comedy.





Other than that, satire and the absurd scratch my itch very well when it comes to comedy.

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