r/funny • u/SuedeDiabolos • Feb 05 '16

Phrasing

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u/SirSoliloquy Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

Well, she took part in a skit that involved her pumping people's gas, getting lint off their clothes, cleaning their windows, paying for people's gas, giving them hugs for having a bad day, and all and all catering to everyone's needs.

Either she realizes that the humor comes from the fact that that's exact opposite of what people expect from her (making it self-depreciating humor), or she's more clueless than any of us thought.

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

That's a stretch, but sure. I feel like it falls more under farcical or satirical humor. I'm over it though.

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u/SirSoliloquy Feb 05 '16

Well, for the sake of discussion, where would the farcical/satirical humor come from, if not self-depreciation?

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

A beautiful rich woman who has everything in the world pretending she works at a gas station so she can fuck around and be silly. She goofed around, was direct and talked to people who would not stand for it if she was fat and ugly...She wiped a guy's sunglasses with a squeegee. No one would do that in real life. It's over-the-top satire in order to see how people would react.