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by coldtea 4563 days ago
>But humor is insight

Not really. Most of the time is just the mental analogue of fart jokes.

>and brevity is the soul of wit

No, that's just a cliche.

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>Not really. Most of the time is just the mental analogue of fart jokes.

I didn't say all insights were equal. If this was just a fart joke, I wouldn't have thought it was funny. But you can't draw a line between insight and humor, can you?

>No, that's just a cliche.

It's a cliche because it's Shakespeare. That doesn't make it less true.