[jawns]

My kids have a habit of shouting, "Dad joke!" whenever I make a groaner.

The other day, my wife made a great pun, and my son said, "Dad joke!"

"No, it's a mom joke," she clarified. Then she educated them.

"There are two differences between dad jokes and mom jokes. Number one, I'm a mom, not a dad, so I tell mom jokes."

"What's the other difference?" a kid asked.

"Number two," she sighed, looking in my direction. "Dad jokes are relentless."

[tantalor]

I don't get it?

[lmkg]

If a dad joke isn't funny, a dad will keep telling the joke until it becomes funny. This will eventually happen. In the limit, the act of telling the joke becomes the actual source of humor.

This type of meta-humor takes some age and maturity to understand. A dedicated dad will tell the same joke for years, waiting for the child to become old enough to appreciate it.

[conductr]

As a dad, these are the best dad jokes. Only beat by when you set it up so well, your kid tells the joke back at you at a moment that contextually makes perfect sense. That’s pure gold.

[_carbyau_]

Along similar lines, my somewhat short friend deliberately nicknamed his kid Shorty because he knew the kid would be much taller one day. Years of setup with the rest of his life for the reward.

[themadturk]

As a dad (who tells dad jokes), she's illustrating the fact that nothing stops us from telling dad jokes. We are relentless.

"Hi, Relentless. I'm Dad."