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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

The stuffed tiger with the brain bite? *chef's kiss*

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 11 hours ago

Different people think different things are funny

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

It's funny because you don't expect kids to want there to be monsters under their beds. Typically, or rather trope-ically, children ask their parents to make sure there are no monsters under their beds and at first it would appear the same is true here. However, the child and parent themselves appear ghoulish, and when it's revealed that there is in fact a monster under the bed, ostensibly the father as it is similarly ghoulish and tells a pretty decent double-layer dad joke, the child is relieved. It's irony! And puns. And just good Halloween vibes, which I admit aren't inherently humorous. But I'd argue they are almost always inherently light-hearted. I give it 9/10, especially compared to a lot of the shit I see posted around here.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Dead/dad

Edit: "good-bite" is a pun too

[–] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I got the good bite one. I guess the second one also explains what "hung-ee" was supposed to mean :D

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh. Oooh. It's "honey, I'm dead"

[–] illi@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's how I readnit the first time. Now I'm thinking it's "hi hungry, I'm dad"

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Yeah, that's the quintessential dad joke, which they spun to match the monster theme.

[–] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same reason most things are funny, or at least mildly amusing: inversion of expectations.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

I'm getting down voted to hell for saying that in a reply below. People are weird.

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like how they setup a little lamp for the underbed fellow

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's called a flashlight, or a "torch" in more primitive parts of the world...jk UK, love you crazy kooks.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Flashlight is pretty dumb too, when you break it down. I’m going with Lamp-O-Tron.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh for sure, they don't even flash unless you have one with the emergency mode.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 55 minutes ago

I took the liberty. Lords of Lemmy forgive me.