What is a bad joke?

In recent years, a new language phenomenon has become popular on the Internet - cold jokes. Bad jokes are a form of reflection of postmodernism in language. This article briefly defines cold jokes based on the relationship between cold jokes and humor - cold jokes are different from humor and have their own characteristics. On this basis, based on the different laughter-making mechanisms of cold jokes, they are divided into Classified.

Cold jokes, that is, failed jokes, refer to the jokes themselves due to problems such as boredom, homophones, translation, or omission of the subject, different logic, assertions or special content, or due to the performer's tone or Due to facial expressions and other reasons, a joke cannot achieve the purpose of being funny, and it is difficult to make people laugh and becomes a cold scene. However, this does not mean that the joke itself is dull. This is also a manifestation of humor. Nowadays, most people will smile knowingly when they hear cold jokes, and sometimes they will hug their arms tightly to express: "It's so cold!" or speak and express with cold connotations, such as shivering, temperature, air conditioning or hot weather, etc. wait.

Definition

In English it is called The bad Joke or The cold joke

Definition 1: The person speaking is quite calm, basically expressionless. The listener should be stunned for a moment after hearing the joke, and think about it until the joke becomes funny.

Definition 2: Cold jokes generally go beyond conventional thinking, do not conform to logic and reality in life, and make people feel stunned; although some cold jokes are quite funny, no matter what, this kind of joke is not easy to listen to You won't laugh as much as you would at a "normal" joke; brainteasers are just a bad joke. (Especially the kind of guessing idioms that use homophones, English, etc., and the kind of guessing games like peanuts and butterfly love flowers).

Definition 3: A cold joke is a joke that is not funny at all, a very boring joke, but it can achieve the purpose of mental relaxation, because this kind of joke is easy to understand and easy to understand, but it can The aftertaste is long.

Definition 4: A cold joke refers to a joke that was originally funny due to problems such as homophones, translation, omission of the subject, different logic, predicates and special content, or due to the performer's tone or expression. The joke feels different than the average joke and is harder to laugh at. Cold jokes do not mean they are not funny, they are also a manifestation of humor. Sometimes the fact that a joke is not funny is part of the punchline of the joke.

Some cold jokes only have performance problems. After re-conceptualizing the performance, many subtleties can be discovered. Sometimes the suggestion that a cold joke is not funny is another funny point of the joke (it is simple and very good at the same time. To change the atmosphere), cold jokes are now widely popular in the Internet, BBS, TV programs (variety shows), books, magazines and other media, and there are many masters of cold jokes in the market.

Since the second half of a joke is always surprising, the more people who have a positive view of the joke get colder, the colder it becomes. The reason is that the second half of a bad joke is always unexpected by the listener. The listener always hints to himself, "You can't guess the second half of the joke", but people's curiosity keeps the listener guessing. The final result is the lengthening or deepening of the thinking process of "concentration and thoughtful engagement". (Note: This situation is based on the listener having a positive attitude towards the jokes)

Since the jokes are mostly boring, have strange content, and have little practical significance, some people are indifferent to them. The more jokes there are, the less humorous they are. The reason is opposite to the one above that is unexpected to the listener. When the listener has a negative attitude towards a bad joke, after listening to the first half of the joke, the listener will have a psychological suggestion that the joke will have an extremely boring and unfunny "second half". At this time, the listener will not be curious about the topic and will not focus on the joke. The result is that the thinking process of "concentration and thinking engagement" is shortened or absent. At this time, instead of feeling cold, the listener will feel that the person telling the cold joke is boring and has nothing to do. (Note: This situation is based on the listener's negative attitude towards the cold joke)