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The humor isn’t recognized because the humor isn’t there. To be funny there has to be a setup, a punchline, some kinda joke structure. Humor isn’t just saying false things…

Imagine a comedian saying this on stage, how many laughs would that get?

> Do people really think MyFitnessPal is trying to build a model of the average pantry?

We’ve all seen dumber things that are real. Juicero is my personal favorite example.



The humor is attained afterwards when one reads the comments who take it seriously, they become the punchline.

That completes the circuit. It's a nice setup.


Except we're living in a world where it wouldn't be that surprising, especially after reading this post. Good idea of a joke but bad execution.


You think we didn't get it because we weren't smart enough.

In actuality we "didn't get it" because we extended you faith and respect as an equal participant in the conversation.


I'm not the OP :)


I didn't say you were :)




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