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arrow-up1368imagewisepostinglemmy.blahaj.zoneChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoIs there a name for this type of humor because it’s the way my brain works and I can’t make it stop
minus-squarefinalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoGarden path sentences
minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThis is the beginning of the sentence you just finished reading.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI’m sorry, and I’m going to have to share this with you: This is the Title of the Story, which is also found several times in the story itself. https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/titleOfTheStory.html
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThat link claims no author. I first saw it in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel Escher Bach, which I can also highly recommend.
minus-squaredrolex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoOh my god how did you know? Seriously amazing, I love it. Condolences to your brain though, it must take its toll.
Is there a name for this type of humor because it’s the way my brain works and I can’t make it stop
Garden path sentences
You’ve got zeugma
This is the beginning of the sentence you just finished reading.
I’m sorry, and I’m going to have to share this with you:
This is the Title of the Story, which is also found several times in the story itself.
https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/titleOfTheStory.html
lmao thank you for this
That link claims no author. I first saw it in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel Escher Bach, which I can also highly recommend.
Oh my god how did you know?
Seriously amazing, I love it. Condolences to your brain though, it must take its toll.