Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 3, 2021Are there mom jokes? What’s an example? If regular jokes are for laughs and dad jokes are for groans, what are mom jokes for?37755
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 3, 2021Replying to @vgrknee-jerk thought: making fun of dad117
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 3, 2021Replying to @visakanv and @vgrwould explain why they don’t generalize; they’re hyperspecific to the family context19
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 3, 2021Replying to @visakanv and @vgrhere’s a thread of my wife making fun of me, which would be mom jokes if we had a kidQuote TweetVisa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Apr 16, 2016me: I love you wife: how much me: why this obsession with quantification wife: what gets measured gets managed312
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @visakanvHmm I don’t these count. Couple jokes are just regular jokes. Kids have to be involved for them to be mom jokes, and the kid response is what would define them.12:35 AM · Jan 3, 20212 Likes
Visa's in NYC until Mar13! @visakanv·Jan 3, 2021Replying to @vgrOk ok here are a couple of classic egs from mom twitter:2322