The New York Times thinks my sense of humor is broken.

[trinityvixen]

This article posits that the following joke is not (and should not be) funny:

So there are these two muffins baking in an oven. One of them yells, “Wow, it’s hot in here!”

And the other muffin replies: “Holy cow! A talking muffin!”

I smiled, re-read, and now I'm giggling. I'm sorry, that shit is funny, NYTimes. Screw you!

Pretty interesting bio-history of laughter though.

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I love that joke! It's right up there with another one of my favorites:
What's the difference between a rhinoceros and a piece of paper?
You can't make a spitball out of a rhinoceros.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!

That's fantastic! I love it! Woo!

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

On reading the article, I agree with a lot of their premises--I often notice that I use laughter to punctuate sentences that are in no way funny, and it really is mostly a social thing.

But the premise that that joke is absolutely not funny--we're the New York Times, we know--is pretentious and ridiculous. Who made you the gods of humor? How dare you state an opinion as fact and tacitly include my agreement? What a brat!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

How dare you state an opinion as fact and tacitly include my agreement?

In other words, how dare they be a news outlet with an agenda! Next up on the NYTimes' hit list: THE FUNNY.

I also found the article to be rather, hrm, correct or at least indicative of behavior. Doesn't mean they're right about the muffins.