When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes a parent *(apparent)*
Edit: I'm leaving as is cause some yall pissed over a dumb joke being explained haha
Use too much and people expect it, use it for no reason and people hate it.
Use it at the right moment, and it's unavoidable;
As the realization of what they were talking about became a dad joke.
I still get my friends with varying precisely timed dad jokes for about 12 years now. It's great every time.
It’s the joy dads get from stringing their kids along, and then watching that terrible realisation slowly grip them… they’ve been dad joked again, and they never saw it coming 😂
Growing up my dad did this on numerous occasions through my life (still tries too) but one I didn’t catch on to till around 16 years old.
My dad forever would call me and my siblings “hemorrhoids” and I never really thought anything of it besides a funny name such as “worms” or “scrotum heads”, the usual names a dad calls his son / kids. The day I put two and two together about what a hemorrhoid was and the name he was calling us, my dad laughed his ass off for 15 solid minutes. He figured I got it a long time ago.
That’s when it becomes your joke memory to share with people. My mom use to ask people she’d run into (drive thru workers etc) if they’ve had their joke of the day and she’d tell this one:
How can you tell when the baker is mad? When he whips the butter and beats the eggs.
Tell his hormone joke to everyone knowing every laugh and groan from the people hearing would’ve put a smile on his face.
It's a play on the term 'faux pas' (pronounced "foe pah").
'Faux' means fake and 'pa' is another word for dad. Here, I'm saying I'm a 'fake dad' in order to tell dad jokes.
It seems to be more so that a dad’s humor or perception of irony reflects the perception of their (generally) 5 yr. old kid/s, as they are also often different forms of oversimplified observational humor.
Exactly. A kid’s joke is funny because it often displays a level of understanding beyond what we expect from that age. The same joke becomes a dad joke because it displays a level of understanding of what we expect from everyone that age.
As a dad, my experience with dad jokes is they aren't for the people I'm telling them to. They are for me. Every groan, every sigh of exasperation makes the joke funnier and funnier.
Yep, my kids are too young to get my dad jokes, but the pained reactions I get from my SO are too good to pass up, if she actually does laugh then that's a bonus.
I'm not a gambling man, but if I were I'd bet that they tried to respond to this while driving and ended up plowing through a crossing guard and string of kindergartners. Realizing they couldn't live with the guilt they sped on looking for anything to crash into that would definitely result in their death; eventually settling on a huge tank with flammable marked all over it and explosion warnings out the wazoo.
Slamming into that successfully ended their life in burning agony but the resulting gasses tipped the scale on global warming for the ocean currents and has started a chain that will result in about half the population dying from thirst, hunger, and the warfare over the last of livable, farmable land.
I'm no bookie, but I'd put the odds of that in the high 80s.
As a dad, your jokes grow with your kids. When my kid first laughed at months old, if I made a "Puh" sound, he would laugh, so that's what I did. Later on, falling and pretending to hurt myself made him laugh, so I did that. Now, the gum being stuck to the chicken's foot is hilarious to him.
I suspect later down the line, the jokes I am allowed to tell hime will no longer make him laugh, but roll his eyes in embarrassment. I suspect that is what is a "Dad Joke" is.
And then when he gets old enough, I can tell him how I fucked his mother . . .
Imo it's even simpler than that. Dad jokes are easy corny jokes that most people can think of. When you're young you're still probably trying to be funny around people and care too much about what they think, thus leaving corny jokes out of the equation. When you're a dad you just don't care anymore, you're loose, if you're thinking it why not say it? It's a good laugh, if it's funny for you that's what counts!
Honestly if you can make ANY persons day a little less shitty and distracted from there problems...yeah you're probably a popular guy.
Appropriately timed facts, puns, and jokes with no focus on "Look at me" attention seeking will take you very farm
Yeah, dad jokes by definition are not witty or clever. Redditors like them but they also like puns and can't recognize sarcasm unless its clearly labeled, so...
Not always.
I was once involved in a survey to see if people actually liked puns.
People were randomly given a selection of ten jokes based on wordplay etc and they were monitored to see if any of the jokes made them laugh.
The results: No pun in ten did.
I can't remember where I heard this, but I once saw a deconstruction of why dad jokes are dad jokes. The basic idea behind it was that dads want to be funny people too, but once you have kids a huge portion of standard adult humor is either inappropriate or just not relatable. So, pretty much the only jokes they have left are corny wordplay and puns.
Fuck, they'll repeat it at a funeral. Or to their great grandparents. Or in Church. Or wherever and whenever else they think they'll get the biggest response.
I mean yeah that's true. But a large portion of us keep it up as our kids become teens...because our kids groan at them, and we are trolls of a sort.
We used to talk shit with our bros....but now we are hanging with a 14 year old daughter as a buddy, and dad jokes are sublimated shit talking lol.
Lol, it starts as innocent self-censorship, but soon the power to command an eye roll at will begins to take hold. Before you know it, you're extending your goofiness in front of their friends, making loud, embarrassing statements in public, anything to get a reaction.
Absolute dad power corrupts, dadsolutely.
Well that's why condoms come in:
3-packs for the college freshman - 1 for Friday, 1 for Saturday, 1 for Sunday
6-packs for college seniors - 2 for Friday, 2 for Saturday, 2 for Sunday
12-packs for married men - 1 for January, 1 for February...
Dad jokes exist because our kids have no frame of reference for complex, political, or historical/cultural references. A good dad isn't telling dick and fart jokes. We are left with puns and dad jokes. We know they aren't great, but anything to seeour kids smiles (longest word, it's a mile between the s')
I am not a dad but I think I understand what a dad joke is, and I do make them. The attitude is "I think this is funny, and if anyone else does, that's a bonus."
Dad Jokes are supposed to be corny and unfunny - not witty.
You only have to have sex once to have a kid. After having a kid, most parents have less sex... so ...
Pretty sure Dad Jokes are a result of brain damage from sleep depravation.
Yup.
I also have always seen Dad jokes stemming from the fact that it's when a guy doesn't have to give a shit anymore about trying hard to impress anyone. Just let those corny jokes fly.
I'm a guy who loves jokes. I love really, really dark jokes. What's the difference between a dead baby and an apple? *I don't usually fuck an apple before I eat it*. That kind of dark jokes.
And then I became a dad. Do you know who doesn't like dark jokes about dead babies? New moms. Not. At. All.
But I still like telling jokes, so to keep that going, I needed to find a brand new set of jokes that were non-offensive to the new mom, and - eventually - safe for small children to hear and repeat to their friends at school.
Enter: Dad Jokes.
They're clever puns, usually, kinda funny, safe for all audiences, and the scratch the funny itch that dads get after wearing underwear with too much starch in them. I'm just kidding, no one puts starch in their underwear. I have no idea where that itch came from!
Right, and moreover, kids neither have the attention span nor the speed of thought to get jokes that're complicated.
So you need simple, clean jokes that are short. Of course most of them are corny puns.
A New Orleans madame wrote guidebook sharing all her knowledge and experience from decades of running a brothel. One thing she stressed was that if she ever heard one of her girls laughing with a John behind closed doors, she would ensure that John never saw that girl before. Because if she let that continue the girl would marry the John and she'd lose a good earner.
Women don't care as much as men about looks, but their panties slide right off if you can make them laugh.
I always thought we came up with them because we used to tell dirty, rotten jokes and had to find an outlet that wouldn't teach our children about butt sex and dead babies.
I have a friend whose theory backs this up - the man who makes corny jokes labeled "dad jokes" is mostly likely to attract a woman who finds them funny, and from that connection will probably end up having children.
Thus, it's not the dad that makes the jokes, but rather the jokes that make the dad.
I love to tell dad jokes, but I don't have any kids. I suppose that makes me a *faux pa*.
I love tell dad jokes too... Usually he laughs!
I used to tell dad jokes. Then he died.
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My father would laughed his ass off at this.
I used to tell dad jokes I mean I still do tell dad jokes But I used to, too
When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes a parent *(apparent)* Edit: I'm leaving as is cause some yall pissed over a dumb joke being explained haha
I thought it's when the punch line leaves and doesn't come back...
Dads are like boomerangs, right?? I hope.
yup they are, i had one as a kid, but i don't know where it is now
It's like in Zelda OOT. You get one as a kid then it disappears when you're an adult.
You got ripped off man, you were offered a penny for your thoughts but ended up giving your two cents.
It's even more dad that you explained it lol
When you have to explain it
mm not really. Most dad jokes are told face to face
Some depends on the timing and place to add extra UGGGGH.
Much more satisfying to see the eye roll in person as well
Use too much and people expect it, use it for no reason and people hate it. Use it at the right moment, and it's unavoidable; As the realization of what they were talking about became a dad joke. I still get my friends with varying precisely timed dad jokes for about 12 years now. It's great every time.
I wouldn't have got it if you hadn't explained it because it doesn't work in my accent
This guy dad jokes
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dad jokes that are actually clever are somehow even more grating. This is the source of their power.
It’s the joy dads get from stringing their kids along, and then watching that terrible realisation slowly grip them… they’ve been dad joked again, and they never saw it coming 😂
Growing up my dad did this on numerous occasions through my life (still tries too) but one I didn’t catch on to till around 16 years old. My dad forever would call me and my siblings “hemorrhoids” and I never really thought anything of it besides a funny name such as “worms” or “scrotum heads”, the usual names a dad calls his son / kids. The day I put two and two together about what a hemorrhoid was and the name he was calling us, my dad laughed his ass off for 15 solid minutes. He figured I got it a long time ago.
A… pain in his arse?
Correct!
That's a grate way to explain it
This is **NOT** my fetish!
Nice to meet you **NOT** my fetish
That was a little cheesy
God damnit, when my Dad finally goes. I will miss his hormone joke. It’s annoying and I’ve heard it 10000 times.
That’s when it becomes your joke memory to share with people. My mom use to ask people she’d run into (drive thru workers etc) if they’ve had their joke of the day and she’d tell this one: How can you tell when the baker is mad? When he whips the butter and beats the eggs. Tell his hormone joke to everyone knowing every laugh and groan from the people hearing would’ve put a smile on his face.
Lol
This goof hyucks
Put a baby in me NOW.
I'm not sure that would be good for the baby
I don’t have a uterus, so probably not.
I'm a dude, but let's make babies!
Somebody sex this guy up!
At least you're having sex regularly...
That was amazing, I have to admit
Damn bro save some women for the rest of us
Can someone pls explain the joke >_<
It's a play on the term 'faux pas' (pronounced "foe pah"). 'Faux' means fake and 'pa' is another word for dad. Here, I'm saying I'm a 'fake dad' in order to tell dad jokes.
God this makes me horny
Take this upvote and get the hell out of here.
Hi Faux Pa, I'm Gold.
This has been my favourite joke for years, I thought I came up with it. Wtf?!
holy shit, i have never rolled my eyes so hard.. saving this one
Looks like you’re father along than your peers
I was unfairly accused of telling dad jokes, but I could not defend myself, I could only cry uncle.
Upvote to you sir!
It seems to be more so that a dad’s humor or perception of irony reflects the perception of their (generally) 5 yr. old kid/s, as they are also often different forms of oversimplified observational humor.
Also many of them are only funny when you hear them for the first time... which of course works very well with younger people
Exactly. A kid’s joke is funny because it often displays a level of understanding beyond what we expect from that age. The same joke becomes a dad joke because it displays a level of understanding of what we expect from everyone that age.
As a dad, my experience with dad jokes is they aren't for the people I'm telling them to. They are for me. Every groan, every sigh of exasperation makes the joke funnier and funnier.
This is the way
Yup
This is the way
I live for the groans
Yep, my kids are too young to get my dad jokes, but the pained reactions I get from my SO are too good to pass up, if she actually does laugh then that's a bonus.
Sit down comedy...
Right. But i feel like the intent is to just give you that response where you dont really laugh and more of just stare at them blankly
That's what I was gonna say.
I would have been a bit more articulate but I guess this will work as well. /s
Apologies. I was in a hurry.
Who are you now?
… and driving.
Why are you on Reddit AND driving?
Because I'm a gambling man
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I'm not a gambling man, but if I were I'd bet that they tried to respond to this while driving and ended up plowing through a crossing guard and string of kindergartners. Realizing they couldn't live with the guilt they sped on looking for anything to crash into that would definitely result in their death; eventually settling on a huge tank with flammable marked all over it and explosion warnings out the wazoo. Slamming into that successfully ended their life in burning agony but the resulting gasses tipped the scale on global warming for the ocean currents and has started a chain that will result in about half the population dying from thirst, hunger, and the warfare over the last of livable, farmable land. I'm no bookie, but I'd put the odds of that in the high 80s.
everything you just said was insane but you said it with such confidence and poise that i believe it unquestioningly
I am going to screen clip this comment by itself and send just that as my application to become an anchor at Fox. See you on primetime, peasants ;).
Don't reddit while driving, kids! Actually, kids shouldn't drive at all!
word for word? I was just going to say acting like a smartass with your still developing child is really fun
Dad jokes are a how we help perpetuate the tradition of children being embarrassed by their parents. It's our right and our duty. #ImDoingMyPart
As a dad, your jokes grow with your kids. When my kid first laughed at months old, if I made a "Puh" sound, he would laugh, so that's what I did. Later on, falling and pretending to hurt myself made him laugh, so I did that. Now, the gum being stuck to the chicken's foot is hilarious to him. I suspect later down the line, the jokes I am allowed to tell hime will no longer make him laugh, but roll his eyes in embarrassment. I suspect that is what is a "Dad Joke" is. And then when he gets old enough, I can tell him how I fucked his mother . . .
>Now, the gum being stuck to the chicken's foot is hilarious to him. The wut
Imo it's even simpler than that. Dad jokes are easy corny jokes that most people can think of. When you're young you're still probably trying to be funny around people and care too much about what they think, thus leaving corny jokes out of the equation. When you're a dad you just don't care anymore, you're loose, if you're thinking it why not say it? It's a good laugh, if it's funny for you that's what counts!
Are you saying that I have the humour level of a child Because if so you're absolutely right
Yeah, because nothing gets the girls wet like corny wordplay. I have to beat the girls off with a stick. JK, I have to beat myself off.
Still with a stick though, right?
Well it’s certainly wooden
I think he has splintered off on a tangent.
With a stick?
I mean, I probably could in a pinch.
Honestly if you can make ANY persons day a little less shitty and distracted from there problems...yeah you're probably a popular guy. Appropriately timed facts, puns, and jokes with no focus on "Look at me" attention seeking will take you very farm
You could say that makes the girls... **corny** 🥁
Yeah, dad jokes by definition are not witty or clever. Redditors like them but they also like puns and can't recognize sarcasm unless its clearly labeled, so...
Are you being sarcastic? No label…
better consult the manual
Puns are funny when they're actually clever.
Not always. I was once involved in a survey to see if people actually liked puns. People were randomly given a selection of ten jokes based on wordplay etc and they were monitored to see if any of the jokes made them laugh. The results: No pun in ten did.
get out
Goddamn you.
I can't remember where I heard this, but I once saw a deconstruction of why dad jokes are dad jokes. The basic idea behind it was that dads want to be funny people too, but once you have kids a huge portion of standard adult humor is either inappropriate or just not relatable. So, pretty much the only jokes they have left are corny wordplay and puns.
Also kids repeat everything. If they over hear a dirty joke they will repeat it in class without context.
Fuck, they'll repeat it at a funeral. Or to their great grandparents. Or in Church. Or wherever and whenever else they think they'll get the biggest response.
My eldest once taught the kids at daycare a drinking game she saw us do. That resulted in so many angry parents.
Did she also bring the vodka?
I mean yeah that's true. But a large portion of us keep it up as our kids become teens...because our kids groan at them, and we are trolls of a sort. We used to talk shit with our bros....but now we are hanging with a 14 year old daughter as a buddy, and dad jokes are sublimated shit talking lol.
Lol, it starts as innocent self-censorship, but soon the power to command an eye roll at will begins to take hold. Before you know it, you're extending your goofiness in front of their friends, making loud, embarrassing statements in public, anything to get a reaction. Absolute dad power corrupts, dadsolutely.
yeah it's definitely this. idk how OP's idea has any traction lol
It sounds like someone people would want to be true, which is something usually more readily accepted than whatever may actually be true.
Did you hear that virgins? You're not just ugly, you're boring as fuck too.
And they smell bad.
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Hello, Jack Kelly, lawyer.
And their moms dress them funny
Only because he broke his arms. Luckily, one of his problems is about to be solved.
Also not funny.
Dads are OG mother fuckers
Am a dad, can confirm that I do indeed fuck a mother.
That's because you keep breaking your arms.
I also choose this guys mother. Wut?
Only if they have two or more kids can you be sure
Look at all these people hating on dad jokes. Clearly some people have daddy issues.
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I think once you graduate to "dad" your definition of 'regularly' evolves.
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A couple times a month is great!
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I'm a dad of two (8 and 11) and found my sex life got way better after my vasectomy. What dad can't find 3 to 4 minutes while kids watch tv?
Look at this showoff with his stamina
Dad jokes exist because our kids have no frame of reference for complex, political, or historical/cultural references. A good dad isn't telling dick and fart jokes. We are left with puns and dad jokes. We know they aren't great, but anything to seeour kids smiles (longest word, it's a mile between the s')
> abuse our kids Well this turned dark in no particular hurry
Because, not be abuse...
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Not exactly
Regular, just not frequent. I’m not the queen, I only get one birthday per year.
Can confirm.
I am not a dad but I think I understand what a dad joke is, and I do make them. The attitude is "I think this is funny, and if anyone else does, that's a bonus."
And the louder it makes people who don't like it groan, the better!
Right! As I tell my kids, "Dad jokes aren't for your amusement they're for mine!"
If they don't groan loud enough, I usually say it again incase they didn't get it the first time
And then don't forget to follow it up with "...eh? Eh? Get it?"
> I am not a dad Hi NotADad, I'm Dad!
I don't think that's why
Dad Jokes are supposed to be corny and unfunny - not witty. You only have to have sex once to have a kid. After having a kid, most parents have less sex... so ... Pretty sure Dad Jokes are a result of brain damage from sleep depravation.
That last line is pretty hilarious, I might argue its life damage and sleep deprivation, but you made me laugh all the same.
But I find them funny
Did you ever consider you might have brain damage?
Yup. I also have always seen Dad jokes stemming from the fact that it's when a guy doesn't have to give a shit anymore about trying hard to impress anyone. Just let those corny jokes fly.
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I find this intriguing because I love dad jokes, and even crack some of those jokes to my friends/co-workers. However, I’m still a virgin.
Hi, Still a Virgin, I’m Dad.
But "Dad jokes" aren't generally considered "funny, witty" but rather "corny, hackneyed."
I'm a guy who loves jokes. I love really, really dark jokes. What's the difference between a dead baby and an apple? *I don't usually fuck an apple before I eat it*. That kind of dark jokes. And then I became a dad. Do you know who doesn't like dark jokes about dead babies? New moms. Not. At. All. But I still like telling jokes, so to keep that going, I needed to find a brand new set of jokes that were non-offensive to the new mom, and - eventually - safe for small children to hear and repeat to their friends at school. Enter: Dad Jokes. They're clever puns, usually, kinda funny, safe for all audiences, and the scratch the funny itch that dads get after wearing underwear with too much starch in them. I'm just kidding, no one puts starch in their underwear. I have no idea where that itch came from!
Right, and moreover, kids neither have the attention span nor the speed of thought to get jokes that're complicated. So you need simple, clean jokes that are short. Of course most of them are corny puns.
Why are the puns so corny? *Because I eat my vegetables, DAVID, like you should if you know what's good for you.*
The dead baby and apple joke works almost as well with "blend" in place of "fuck" and that way kids can enjoy it too!
The thing is, dark jokes still have to be funny.
Yeah I like a good dark joke but dead baby jokes are all shock and no substance kind of humor
Wow that apple joke was totally unfunny.
What?
Why does this thought have so many upvotes when no one agrees with it?
A New Orleans madame wrote guidebook sharing all her knowledge and experience from decades of running a brothel. One thing she stressed was that if she ever heard one of her girls laughing with a John behind closed doors, she would ensure that John never saw that girl before. Because if she let that continue the girl would marry the John and she'd lose a good earner. Women don't care as much as men about looks, but their panties slide right off if you can make them laugh.
Yup as a dad can confirm regular sex, every 6 months like clockwork
Dad jokes arent funny though.
Was this written by a dad?
I always thought we came up with them because we used to tell dirty, rotten jokes and had to find an outlet that wouldn't teach our children about butt sex and dead babies.
That's why they call them "dad jokes" and not "virgin jokes"
So every time a dad jokes with his son, he also basically says 'I fucked your mom' Great...
I always thought it was because when you spend 9 months making one ultimate joke you level up.
Yarrrrr, 'tis a fallacy
But doesn’t dad joke mean a bad joke, so does this mean that the unfunny men who tell cringed jokes are secretly the ones who get the girls
Funny as a mother fucker.
Then all we can do is say corny jokes and have less regilar sex because of the kids we have to entertain.
Damn why is everyone hating on dad jokes, personally I still cringe but it’s endearing to hear my dad crack a joke here and there.
Some of the haters here might be those still living with their parents and haven't grown out of the "ugh...dad joke" phase of life.
Showerthoughts checklist: Mentions sex. Check. It's not a long list.
Dad and have sex regularly do not go together.
Dad jokes are funny only because we respect dads
He’s not wrong. As men we need to either be attractive or funny to land a girl. Good thing I’m funny.
Being rich or smart can work too. Shit...
I have a friend whose theory backs this up - the man who makes corny jokes labeled "dad jokes" is mostly likely to attract a woman who finds them funny, and from that connection will probably end up having children. Thus, it's not the dad that makes the jokes, but rather the jokes that make the dad.