The covert, committed belief violated by puns is usually one of these.
-
-
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
The ideal reaction from your audience after a pun is not laughter, but a miserable groan as if stabbed (right in the epistemic commitment)
1 reply 2 retweets 13 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
...and often that epistemic commitment is that you the teller are a basically sincere person and not a jerk who would toy with people
2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing perhaps punning is akin to flirting1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Carefully/intuitively calibrated fake-attacking, kind of...social push-hands? I dunno, I am flirt-blind.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
-
This Tweet is unavailable
-
Replying to @ClarkHat
@ClarkHat@sarahdoingthing That means you're pun deaf.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
This Tweet is unavailable
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.