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I slightly prefer the old version because I think we should be clear that this is not about the \
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I slightly prefer the old version because I think we should be clear that this is not about the \\\"how come\\\" formatted jokes, those most of those fall into such a category. These are not \\\"roughly equivalent\\\" and if we consider \\\"howcum\\\" jokes as being like another trope then a typical format I see on other pages is for a paragraph of description and then a paragraph of connections to other tropes. Hence the word changes and the paragraph break.
Now as to not trying to tell people what is funny, technically, I\\\'m just trying to tell people the common basis for the formatting of the jokes and how they thus relate to this trope. However I believe that the comedians do this in order to be funny. Perhaps the wording was wrong. I believe that the \\\"how come\\\" format exactly because it begins with \\\"how come...?\\\" definitely and objectively can be stated to be drawing attention to the absence of an explanation because it is asking for an explanation. Whether it is pointing out real life ironies or oddities is dependent on the material that makes up the \\\"...\\\" and also isn\\\'t really anything to do with the trope of being an outside joke.
I therefore believe it is better to talk about the joke using something with no apparent explanation (or at least one that doesn\\\'t quite catch up with you immediately). However there did seem to be merit in your point about irony making the actual funny happen and it seemed interesting so I tried to incorporate it more as an addendum.
You\\\'ve been so polite, it has been so nice to work with you.
Now as to not trying to tell people what is funny, technically, I\\\'m just trying to tell people the common basis for the formatting of the jokes and how they thus relate to this trope. However I believe that the comedians do this in order to be funny. Perhaps the wording was wrong. I believe that the \\\"how come\\\" format exactly because it begins with \\\"how come...?\\\" definitely and objectively can be stated to be drawing attention to the absence of an explanation because it is asking for an explanation. Whether it is pointing out real life ironies or oddities is dependent on the material that makes up the \\\"...\\\" and also isn\\\'t really anything to do with the trope of being an outside joke.
I therefore believe it is better to talk about the joke using something with no apparent explanation (or at least one that doesn\\\'t quite catch up with you immediately). However there did seem to be merit in your point about irony making the actual funny happen and it seemed interesting so I tried to incorporate it more as an addendum.
You\\\'ve been so polite, it has been so nice to work with you.
