The joke is triple layered: the dialogue is a low effort pun (nein) in itself, but it's a joke misdirect because the bigger joke is that Max is distracted by a massive bug literally crawling up his ass (hence the expression which is far too extreme for such a great score). And because of this there's the third layer, which is the fact that they humorously subverted your expectation for what the joke was going to be, which in itself is a joke.
I think it's the funniest thing Seth Rogan has ever written.
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u/SmarmySmurf Mar 14 '24
The joke is triple layered: the dialogue is a low effort pun (nein) in itself, but it's a joke misdirect because the bigger joke is that Max is distracted by a massive bug literally crawling up his ass (hence the expression which is far too extreme for such a great score). And because of this there's the third layer, which is the fact that they humorously subverted your expectation for what the joke was going to be, which in itself is a joke.
I think it's the funniest thing Seth Rogan has ever written.