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by gattilorenz 1410 days ago
As you could imagine, the theories have that as a core idea, but are more detailed than that. Nobody ever thought that unexpected = fun. Among other things, there’s different level of unexpected, something that bends the laws of physics (the cartoon character suspended in the air for a while before falling down) is more funny than, say, the character speaking japanese. To criticise a theory it might help to read it first…