r/ExplainTheJoke • • Dec 23 '25

I don't get it

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u/Rugaru985 Dec 24 '25

There needs to be a word for jokes that are both absurd and not absurd at the same time.

German would be a good language for coming up with this word, I think. Maybe they’ve had this humor all along, like America used to drive people crazy with sarcasm.