[ineedasername]

These are also known as "Uncle Jokes".

I guess moms & aunts either have different (better?) jokes, don't tell jokes, or tell these jokes too but haven't been singled out for it.

Anyway, as a father I realized some time ago that I do in fact tell dad jokes. I think it has to do (for me at least) with wanting to make it fun to have my kids to think about something from an unexpected angle.

[klyrs]

Yeah, the article mentions that towards the bottom, with some generalization about women telling funny stories rather than "jokes". In my family, my mom was always the "straight man" and my dad, his sisters and her sister and mom all told terrible puns/jokes; where my uncles on his side were practically humorless. Gender tropes are weird.

[_carbyau_]

Yeah, my wife has a memory to be able to reel them off for 20 minutes. I can barely recall one when I want it.

But I am the one who sees an opportunity and improvises on the spot more successfully.

[yccs27]

I've heard "Uncle Jokes" as a term for dad jokes with an uncomfortable subject (NSFW or otherwise).

[ineedasername]

That's an interesting twist, I wasn't aware. To be honest, I don't have the most reliable source: I heard the term "uncle Jokes" first from an episode of Teen Titans Go [1], which my kids love. Also after you watch a few episodes it grows on you as a pretty good bit of satire. Or I'm suffering Stockholm Syndrome.

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DCz9WpuIcUPk&ved=2ahUKEwiMl...