Misused: Actually Pretty Funny

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001

#1: Dec 6th 2021 at 10:32:25 AM

This trope is someone finding a joke made at their expense funny. It often is misused as "someone unexpectedly finds a joke funny".

Wick check: 71

Correct: 18

Characters.The Weaver Option: When Taylor zings Malekith by saying that the standards must have been rather low if he made the cut as Emperor of the Aeldari, she finds it hilarious.
ComicBook.Fantastic Four: In issue 518 of the 1998 series:
Johnny: AAAUUGH! It's horrible! Make it invisible! Make it invisible!
Sue: Then how is Ben supposed to hit it?
Johnny: I was talking about Ben.
Ben: You little...naw, wait, that wuz a good one.
Creator.John Romero: The final level of Doom II required players to fire rockets into a secret room and hit John Romero's disembodied head with splash damage. It was originally intended as an Easter Egg Take That! at Romero from his co-workers, but when he found it, he became enamored of it and recorded the backwards message (quoted at the top of the page) that plays just before it starts tossing out monsters.
Fakin' MacGuffin: In Guardians of the Galaxy, the orb Quill hands to Yondu in the end does not contain the Infinity Stone but a troll figure. Quill later reveals the real orb to his team mates. Yondu finds this Actually Pretty Funny.
Fanfic.Between My Brother And Me Ab Inito: To the Tune of...: In response to Rebecca's Shout-Out, Freddy sings his own verse of "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" but with Rebecca instead (which she finds to be Actually Pretty Funny).
Funny.Live PD: The October 11, 2019 episode: An officer performing a field sobriety test on a drunk driver. A nearby bystander started playing the theme song from COPS and N.W.A's "Fuck tha Police" at full blast from their car stereo. The officer himself got a good laugh from it. Then in the studio Sgt. Sean "Sticks" Larkin gives the recap and has do a Verbal Backspace when he goes over the song since the network probably does not want him to mention their competition.
Sticks: "Someone in the background was playing the theme song from Co... some other police show."
Halloween Songs: In the one of the Cheers "Bar Wars" episodes set at Halloween, the rival bar pranks Cheers by rigging their jukebox to play "Monster Mash" incessantly. Sam is annoyed by the song but concedes it is Actually Pretty Funny. (In syndication, the song was replaced with "Vampire Twist" by Brave Combo.)
Literature.I Funny: Even though Jamie regrets making fun of his friends and Uncle Frankie in the second round, they forgive him since his comedy alows them to laugh at themselves. As Uncle Frankie tells him, being able to laugh at himself keeps him young.
Memes.Sports: Boring James Milner.^Explanation
Quotes.The Prima Donna: He said, 'In it, you'll play a character who becomes sort of God,' and then, he paused and said, 'something, of course, you always thought you were,' I thought that was funny."
Series.Argumental: Even better is that said bodybuilder was struggling valiantly to keep from corpsing throughout the bit.
Series.Kitchen Nightmares: During his time at Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack, Ramsay talks to one of the cooks, a part-timer whose primary job was repairing cars, about picking between one of the jobs^note. Ramsay notes that, even though the pay and hours are crappy, you'll do it because you love it. The cook responds he'd love it even more if he was as rich as Ramsay, getting a chuckle out of him.
Tactful Translation:
- Defied in Patton; when at the joint celebration with the Russians, Patton is offered a drink. His response? "I won't drink with that Russian son of a bitch." The translator tries to protest that he cannot say such a thing, but Patton tells him to say it, "word for word." After doing so, the Russian general responds back, "I also think YOU are a son of a bitch." That is something Patton will drink to, one son of a bitch to another.
- A notable inversion occurs in the final season of The Wire. After a prolonged behind the scenes political struggle, the new mayor of Baltimore Tommy Carcetti manages to get rid of Police Commissioner Ervin Burrell, who Carcetti long considered a hack but was unable to fire due to Burrell's political connections. When Carcetti gives a standard making nice political speech honoring Burrell, the Baltimore Sun line edtor Gus Haynes translates the speech into the truth. Even Gus' workplace enemies are amused by the routine.
  Tommy Carcetti: I chaired the public safety subcommittee, and I called upon him (Burrell) many times. We worked closely together then, and when I became Mayor, we formed a strong relationship...
  Gus Haynes: "He feared and hated me, and I merely wanted him dead."
  Tommy Carcetti: ...making Baltimore a safer city...
  Gus Haynes: "Don't stray from the Inner Harbor."
  Tommy Carcetti: ...I know that the criminal justice coordinating council need a new...
  Gus Haynes: "It took a while, but I finally put his ass out to pasture."
Trivia.Sabotage 1936: Hostility on the Set: Hitchcock had long been a fan of Sylvia Sidney, and got his studio to work out a deal to bring her in from Hollywood for this film. But her fussy, almost proto-Method Acting approach (she had to "get into the right mood" before a scene) frustrated him, and they eventually clashed during the shoot. She was also appalled at the way Hitchcock teased Desmond Tester, though Tester later said he thought it was Actually Pretty Funny and enjoyed working with Hitchcock.
Webcomic.The Word Weary: Though initially annoyed at Yorick's shirt with his face on it, John later remarks to himself that he thinks it's funny.
WebVideo.Deez Nuts: Despite falling for Welven's joke, Welven's dad still finds it funny and laughs along with him.
YMMV.Running With Scissors: Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Jews don't just have a good sense of humor about "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi," they've completely adopted it as their own, to the point that it contributed to a rumor that Al himself was Jewish (he's a non-practicing Christian). It helps that Al already has a large Jewish fanbase and most of the stereotypes he name-checks are positive, and Judaism itself is a culture that's largely fond of Self-Deprecation.
YMMV.The Simpsons S 13 E 1 Treehouse Of Horror XII: Shallow Parody: Quite a few fans and critics criticized "Wiz Kids" for this. Indeed, the writers admitted they didn't spend a lot of time researching the Harry Potter books beforehand. J.K. Rowling, for her part, said she found it Actually Pretty Funny and guest-starred in a later episode ("The Regina Monologues").

Character laughs at a joke that's not at their expense: 43

Characters.Back To The Future: Despite his aversion to violence, he clearly enjoyed watching Marty kick Buford's ass. And gets a chuckle out of Buford's nosedive into the manure. Being Irish, he clearly preferred Good Old Fisticuffs to gun violence.
Characters.Dragon Age Inquisition Warriors: Worthy Opponent: Considers the Fog Warriors (the most dangerous of the indigenous rebel groups on Seheron) to be this.
Bull: They didn't use poison, they didn't target civilians and they were damn good fighters; you have to respect that. Plus they hit the 'Vints as hard as they did us. Hearing some terrified magister scream "My slaves! Where are my slaves?!" in the fog always put a smile on my face.
Characters.My Huntsman Academia Criminals: Actually Pretty Funny: When Yang makes a joke about how they should stop talking and "Cocka-doodle-do it," he stops and laughs.
Characters.Manhunter: Can't help but snicker when Will says that Dollarhyde has had sexual relations with his mother during the "interview" with Lounds.
Characters.Shovel Knight:
- As a "reward" for beating him, Reize tells Plague Knight a really bad pun involving octopi. This actually gets Plague Knight to lose his composure laughing. (Granted, this isn't actually difficult, but still.)
- Makes a terrible joke after being defeated by Plague Knight which manages to get him into a laughing fit nonetheless.
Characters.Survivor: At the final five tribal council in Cagayan, Jeff was visibly amused at all the take thats and angry tirades.
Characters.Vanishing Act: Shadow Shido seems amused and impressed more than anything when Joker reveals his identity, even averting But for Me, It Was Tuesday.
Fanfic.Confide In Me: In Chapter 8, Joker makes a couple of corny jokes while talking about Yusuke. Sae claims that the twitching in her lips is just her trying not to sigh.
Fanfic.Just An Unorthodox Thief: Kirei’s general opinion of Lupin’s antics is amusement despite them not being something he would expect to find funny.
Fanfic.The Element Of Time: How Team Itachi and Team Kurenai react to Kiba's finding out the Hakus' true gender. Team Itachi and Kankuro's siblings also react in this way upon Kankuro's similarly learning Haku's true gender the hard way. And Zane's comment about Orochimaru's hormones from his time in a female form causing him to perhaps have a crush on Sasuke that's still present despite him being back in a male form is enough to leave Janice and Drakmus fighting not to smirk and James outright bursting out laughing.
Film.A Long Way Down: The four often have moments of this - the first example occurs when they realise they've written their pact on the back of Maureen's suicide note.
Film.Captain Sabertooth: Towards the end, when the King's Pearl turns out to be just a gag jack-in-the-box, everyone laughs except Captain Sabertooth who just grumbles about the stupid clownish king... but his lips are twitching a little as if he can't quite hold back his own laughter. Later on, when he's had some time to get over the surprise, he actually does laugh.
Film.The Devils Brigade: During the ruck march, the Canadians are ordered to cease making derogatory insults about the Americans. A Canadian soldiers asks if ordinary insults are acceptable. Frederick has to turn away from the men to laugh.
Film.The Night Strangler: Kolchak, Vincenzo, and Crossbinder all burst out laughing when Captain Schubert mistakes the word bifornicate for bicuperate and uses it in the middle of berating Kolchak.
Film.The Spanish Prisoner: Even Susan has to crack a wry smile when Joe declines to do a "good deed."
FriendlyEnemy.Comic Books: The Killing Joke is the defining example: after the Joker commits probably his most evil act in a long career full of them, the graphic novel ends with the Joker finishing a joke that makes Batman laugh, and the two of them laughing together as the police sirens draw closer.
Funny.Achievement Hunter Lets Play FPS Games: Even better is the Delayed Reaction from everyone else, who acknowledge that it was a pretty funny joke and laugh hysterically.
Funny.Bar Rescue: Taffer himself even laughs several times while watching him.
Funny.Critical Role Reunions And Reconciliations: Jester suggests putting a decoy in the captain's bed. She calls it a Fjord-dummy.
Fjord: Oh, like a decoy.
Caduceus: A Fjord, dummy.
Travis: Fuck you.
Funny.H3h3productions: Ethan's reaction to a YouTube comment Zarna showcased:
Three Tykes: It's a shame that dot on her forehead isn't an off button.
[Beat as Ethan processes what he just read]
Ethan: That's fucking hilarious.
Funny.Ronin: Even better when you see Deirdre looking up in surprise when she realizes Sam is messing with them, then while Spence is pissed at Sam's joke, Larry, Vincent, and even Deirdre can't help grinning.
Funny.Shooter: Pretty much the entire scene involving Swagger and Memphis talking to Mr. Rate is this, but one particular line stands out:
Rate: That's how a conspiracy works. Them boys on the grassy knoll were dead within three hours! Buried in unmarked graves in the damn desert, out past Terlingua.
Memphis: And you know this for a fact?
Rate: Still got the shovel!
Memphis: (smirks)
Funny.Terix Gumball In Between Worlds: She does laugh a bit under her hand from his joke.
Funny.White Night: The best part? The Raiths laugh and applaud. Harry is disturbed.
Funny.Yugioh EQG:
- When the Crusaders are cheering for their friends and punching their fists in the air, Flurry Heart mimics them and giggles out her own cheers. Nearly everyone laughs at the baby's actions, with even Cold cracking a smile.
- The final scene reveals who has been giving Flash blank cards. While leaving school after finishing their remedial classes, Flash and his friends spot Cold Steel at Flash's open locker. Cold and the group stare at each other in silence for several moments before Cold places the cards in Flash's locker and walks out like nothing happened. Once outside though, he smirks to himself over what just happened.
Literature.The Grasshopper And The Ants: The original Silly Symphonies adaptation has the worker ants taking pity on the Grasshopper (having held a fondness for his music beforehand). The Queen Ant harshly notes only those who work can share their keep...so the Grasshopper can play for them.
NoodleImplements.Video Games: Dishonored mixes this trope with a bit of Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking.
High Overseer Campbell: Now, to business. What would you say happened last night?
General Curnow: To be honest, I'm not even sure! My men, your Overseers, a few whores, maybe a little too much ale. One harmless prank with a runaway chicken, and ten minutes later, Treaver's Alley is a sea of blood and teeth.
High Overseer Campbell: I almost wish I'd been there.
Radio.The Ricky Gervais Show: As much as he disliked (or at least constantly ridiculed) most of Karl's features like Rockbusters, Educating Ricky, Monkey News, etc., Ricky seemed to genuinely enjoy the "Karl in a Film" segments in which Karl edited his voice into a scene from a famous movie.
Recap.Avatar The Last Airbender The Drill: Pungeon Master: While throwing around names for the team, Sokka comes up with this:
Sokka: How about...the Boomerang Squad! See, it works because it's got the word "Aang" in it! Boomer-AANG."
Aang: I kinda like that one.
Recap.Doctor Who 2012 CS The Snowmen: When Clara catches Vastra in her "Truth is singular, lies are words, words, words" argument by highlighting how much she rambles about how the Doctor is not kind, the camera cuts to Jenny stifling a giggle.
Recap.Dragon Ball Z Abridged M 12: Goku states that this newest attack on Christmas is leaving him "Chris-miffed". Gohan admits that it's a solid pun, while Goku admits that he had been waiting for someone to try to ruin Christmas again just to have the chance to use it.
Recap.Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia S 04 E 07 Who Pooped The Bed: Dennis, Mac and Charlie admit that Frank pooping on the floor was pretty hilarious.
Recap.Recess S 2 E 20 The Story Of Whomps: Superintendent Skinner laughs himself silly when he told "whomps" prompted the trial.
Recap.Star Trek Deep Space Nine S 05 E 23 Blaze Of Glory: When Martok asks if Nog is very brave or very stupid for daring to stand up to him, Nog replies that it's probably both. At this, Martok barks out an impressed laugh, and Nog goes up a few notches in the general's book.
Recap.Teen Titans Go S 1 E 13 Girls Night Out: Raven was quite thrilled to have a Girl's Night Out with Jinx and Starfire.
Recap.The Wire S 02 E 07 Backwash: When Nick realizes Ziggy's "paternity suit" is really a practical joke cooked up by Maui, he laughs.
Ride.Journey Into Imagination: Nigel finds Figment's upside-down house amazing and decides to trust the little guy.
Secret Identity Change Trick: Batwoman (2019). When Catherine Hamilton-Kane reveals that she's known all along her ditzy socialite daughter Mary is secretly running an illegal medical clinic for the underprivileged, Mary gripes over all the outfit changes she did in the elevator to fool her mother. Catherine just adds the elevator had cameras, indicating she found it Actually Pretty Funny.
Series.Total Divas:
- Stephanie McMahon definitely finds the drunken voicemails Nattie leaves funny. Especially "I'm not wearing underwear and I'm ready to ride".
- Nattie and Cameron have this reaction when a cop has words with them in the season 2 premiere.
- And again, Nattie crashes the car on purpose to avoid a drug test. Although Cameron is annoyed with her, she clearly finds it hilarious. As do the other Divas when they find out.
TheRunawayGuys.Other Videos: One of the times when Emile comes with a pun, can Jon be heard laughing in the background.
Webcomic.Nip And Tuck:
- In strip #12, whilst Tuck is raving about how Redneck Rampage is built on offensive stereotypes about rednecks as dim-witted, inbred, violent, gluttonous, flatulent drunkards, Nip is giggling to himself over the ability to use exploding chickens as weapons.
- When Tuck responds to the sleezy reporter trying to mock him by pantsing the guy on live TV in strip #17, the reporter's own video crew find it hilarious.
WebVideo.Pokesins: Geran gives a Plusle for every time a joke makes him laugh. (E.G. A scientist in episode 62 frets that he can't replace his broken scanner if he can't find "ze comic book [he] ordered it from.")
Wrestling.Stephanie Mc Mahon: When Natalya gets insanely drunk on the Total Divas finale and leaves numerous voicemails on Stephanie's phone, this is her reaction. She even says she's going to save them and possibly show them to Vince.

Audience reaction/Opinionated troper: 5

Anime.Neon Genesis Evangelion: "Everybody Laughs" Ending: It has precisely one, during an ending scene that is Actually Pretty Funny, with Shinji and Asuka getting into a spat that is broadcast live to the whole NERV complex.
Characters.Justice League Action: Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Previous incarnations of the Joker were Actually Pretty Funny in a Black Comedy sort of way. In "Galaxy Jest," he gets an actual chance to perform comedy for an audience, and can't come up with a single joke less than forty years old.
Club Kid: During seasons 35 to 39, Saturday Night Live featured the "Weekend Update" "city correspondent" Stefon (played by Bill Hader), who is one of the more benign examples of the trope (and probably one of the more memorable characters of the show's recent era).
DragonAgeII.Tropes D To F: Vigilance, the Infinity +1 Sword from Awakening, is in the game files, but is unobtainable. This is actually pretty funny, since the epilogue of Awakening states that the sword is continually being stolen and passing from one owner to another; maybe you can't obtain it in this game because someone stole it.
TearJerker.Red Dead Redemption 2: You do have to admit that Arthur waving at him from the roof is pretty funny, though.

ZCE: 2

Misc/other/unsorted: 3

Funny.Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy: A new idle animation was added: Crash and Aku Aku playing volleyball with a Wumpa Fruit. Aku Aku having to hit it back with his face is funny enough, but the ending results in Aku spiking the Wumpa into Crash's face. Even Crash is amused by it.
LetsPlay.The Dark Id: Even Billy Fucking Coen finds it amusing when Rebecca shoots him in the ass with a grenade launcher.
Recap.Futurama S 2 E 13 Bender Gets Made: Bender tries scamming Donbot, and as Joey Mousepad and Clamps advance, Donbot laughs, impressed by Bender's ball-bearings.

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#2: Dec 8th 2021 at 4:05:12 AM

Opened now that we're back down to 50 threads. I've thought for a while that this trope should be expanded, because a character claiming a joke isn't funny or at least initially being reluctant to call it funny, followed by laughing at it and/or admitting they did think it was funny, is still a trope, and I don't think it's covered elsewhere.

That said, since a lot of examples merely mention a character finding a joke funny regardless of the circumstances (which seems to me like a ZCE at best and Chairs at worst), it does look like there's misuse that doesn't fit that definition.

Making it IUEO also sounds like a good idea based on the fact that it's being used for meta examples.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 8th 2021 at 6:13:56 AM

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#3: Dec 8th 2021 at 8:04:19 AM

LUMPER ALERT!!!

I don't think "someone unexpectedly finds a joke about themselves funny" is that splitworthy from "someone unexpectedly finds a joke funny". Seems like it's a common variant at best.

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#4: Dec 8th 2021 at 8:06:34 AM

I don't think it's splitworthy, either, which is why I'm in favor of expanding the definition.

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#5: Dec 8th 2021 at 8:22:52 AM

Expand, I suppose.

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#6: Dec 8th 2021 at 8:53:06 AM

Do we have a character trope version for this trope? Someone who was thought unable to take ribbing or criticism actually accepts/finds it funny?

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#7: Dec 8th 2021 at 9:27:19 AM

Can't Take Criticism might cover it.

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#8: Dec 8th 2021 at 10:34:14 AM

I would support expanding the definition.

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#9: Dec 8th 2021 at 11:26:01 AM

Expand.

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#10: Dec 8th 2021 at 11:40:05 AM

If expanding, may we have the original definition as a common way the trope is used? I think "someone chuckling at a joke made at their expense" v. "someone unexpectedly finding a tortured pun funny" is notable even if not hard-split-worthy.

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#11: Dec 8th 2021 at 11:41:39 AM

I think a solid definition for this is to just say it's when someone finds a joke funny when outside factors means they really probably shouldn't laugh. That's kind of vague, but it covers both of the variations Tabs mentioned.

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#12: Dec 8th 2021 at 11:57:24 AM

I don't have a problem with listing the original definition as a way it can occur.

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#13: Dec 11th 2021 at 7:57:34 AM

Crowner hooked since it's been three days.

Edit: Posted a bulletin on ATT.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 11th 2021 at 10:00:35 AM

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#14: Dec 11th 2021 at 9:55:01 AM

Can Real Life examples be allowed under IUEO, as long as it's a real person finding another real person's joke to be unexpectedly funny? Both real people would be in the same universe, so to speak.

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#15: Dec 11th 2021 at 10:28:44 AM

As I understand it, the intersection of Real Life and IUEO examples are non-fiction works (autobiographies, newsletters, stand-up comedy), since those are still published and edited.

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#16: Dec 11th 2021 at 11:39:16 AM

The unexpected aspect isn't that the person who finds the joke funny wasn't expecting a funny joke from the person telling it, it's that the person who finds the joke funny wasn't expected to find it funny, particularly if they were reluctant to admit it or if they initially denied it was funny.

Unless I misunderstood what you were saying regarding how you interpreted that crowner option, which isn't out of the question since I haven't been feeling the best lately.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 11th 2021 at 1:41:39 PM

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#17: Dec 11th 2021 at 12:04:38 PM

I'm pretty sure IUEO allows real life examples. IUEO is about meta and audience opinion, and the tropes can still happen in real life (real life being a universe).

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#18: Dec 11th 2021 at 5:17:03 PM

My (mis)interpretation of Actually Pretty Funny itself isn't relevant to what I was trying to ask, anyway.

That was what I was assuming as well.

Edited by Albert3105 on Dec 11th 2021 at 8:18:01 AM

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#19: Dec 14th 2021 at 6:50:36 AM

Calling in favor of the following:

Make In-Universe Examples Only
Broaden the definition to include any instance of a character unexpectedly finding a joke funny, even if they're not the butt of it

We need a sandbox for the revised description, and examples that don't fit either the new definition or the IUEO restriction must be removed.

Edit: Wait a minute... I checked and it's already on the IUEO index. The addition could have been unilateral based on the edit reason given, so at the very least, this thread made it official regardless of the status of the original addition.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 14th 2021 at 8:53:55 AM

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#20: Dec 14th 2021 at 8:28:24 AM

What is the difference between NRLEP and IUEO?

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001

#21: Dec 14th 2021 at 9:23:51 AM

NRLEP: Only fictional examples.
IUEO: Examples can only occur within the work. No audience opinions.
- Allowed: Ear Worm: In this Panel Show, an advertising jingle is played. The contestants grumble throughout the show that it's stuck in their heads.
- Not allowed: Ear Worm: In this Panel Show, an advertising jingle is played. It's so catchy, it's sure to get in your head.

Or do you mean you want the difference between them when this trope is used?

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#22: Dec 20th 2021 at 11:46:18 AM

So... general consensus is that we broaden the trope?

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#23: Dec 25th 2021 at 6:02:06 PM

We already decided to expand the definition.

Speaking of which, is the sandbox ready? Some wick cleanup would still be necessary even with the expanded definition, partially because of the IUEO restriction, and partially because some wicks don't fit either the expanded definition or the old definition.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 25th 2021 at 10:34:35 AM

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#24: Dec 25th 2021 at 8:39:57 PM

Double posting because I made Sandbox.Actually Pretty Funny, and I can't think of any more changes to make. I removed a part that didn't fit the IUEO restriction, and I added a new part to the second paragraph that covers cases where a character is initially reluctant to call a joke funny.

The Laconic already appears to fit what we're going for, despite the old definition.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 25th 2021 at 10:41:13 AM

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#25: Dec 26th 2021 at 5:56:48 PM

I swapped in the sandbox because very few changes needed to be made. Here are the wicks since there were some IUEO violations in the wick check, plus some examples still don't fit the expanded definition.

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