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by wink 1526 days ago
As a non-native English speaker I've still not grasped why they're called dad jokes. It's not that we don't have them, but there's simply zero cultural connotation to them being related to dads and their kids. The meme doesn't even compute.

Which doesn't mean they're not revered or reviled to the same degree. Some people love them (I do) and some people always just roll their eyes.

Also I'm always relating them a bit to hip hop. I'm not a fan of the music but I am a fan of playing with the language and (ab)using some words in creative ways, so some bands who ace this I actually like. (German Blumentopf were a good example).