So much Love for a Friend

I don't think we can get anywhere if we try to debate based on what you or I personally think is funny. That's why I specifically mentioned "the punchline". Since the entire point of the punchline is to say the point of the joke, which is basically to make it obvious, I thought I was cleverly avoiding replies based on personal perspective. I hoped we could all agree that if we looked at a list of jokes that is generally agreed to be funny, most of them would be obvious after the punchline.

Thanks, I'm dumb and thought she murdered his friend.

No, I'm with you, that was my first thought

I'm not debating whether my type of humor is funnier than your type.

I'm pointing out that OP's humor is a specific category that others (including myself) appreciate, so I don't think your own preferences should override how OP wants to share jokes.

My point is that I don't think this is AI generated, I think it's a frame from human art.

You said that you disagreed with the assertion that most funny jokes are obvious after the punchline. It is the first sentence in your reply. And it is on that basis that I believed that is what you were talking about.

Now that's a good friend. Feeling sorry for his friend who can't find a girlfriend. Then disappears in Thailand so his friend can meet the love of his life.

And like with OP's joke, which doesn't contain a traditional punchline, many would disagree with your point that explaining the joke to make it more obvious would make the joke better. I think it's fine as it is.

I'm not asking you to like the original joke, but at least respect why OP chose to share it in the current format, and that some people in the audience may appreciate it better the way it is, compared to the way you're implicitly proposing.

I thought this was some boomer shit about spouses not listening to each other?

So many different interpretations in the comments.

I'm trans and thought she murdered his friend too lmao

My best mate and I used to joke that if one of us was a woman or both of us were gay, it would have saved a lot of time.

https://ifunny.co/picture/when-you-act-like-him-and-now-he-s-mad-Z1rhcgd79

Nope, found this image posted in 2021

I'm smart and I though she murdered his friend

I thought it was just that he didn't need a significant other because he was so close with his friend haha

New Webtoon plot dropped

Nice, thanks!

I'm confused because you seem to think I am arguing with you, but I am just trying to make sure that we all understand what was actually said. Because I think if you look at what I said, and look at what you and other people said, you'll see that there's not much to argue about.

Here is what OP said:

It wouldn’t be funny if it was obvious.

You seem to have interpreted that to mean "It wouldn't be as funny if it was obvious."

Since OP said that their joke "wouldn't be funny if it was obvious," I thought they meant that the joke doesn't work if they make it obvious.

A lot of double-entendre jokes are like that. But as you can probably tell from my original reply, I didn't think this was that kind of joke. I never intended to disrespect anybody or anybody's joke. I thought this joke was a sort of "I lost my wife" one-liner joke that Rodney Dangerfield might tell, but with the punchline played down. If it was that sort of joke, I have heard funny versions that were obvious.

*wives

*(step-)family Ɛ>

It looks sloppy as fuck, though. Look at her eyes and the wrinkles at the hairlines.