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Hot Take: I *like* it when people explain jokes.
Even if I understand the joke, it's soothing to know I didn't miss anything. BUT often I *did* miss something and didn't even know!
Explaining a joke does not "ruin it." I don't understand why people say that. (Although, I can see how explaining a joke, because it's just not a very good is bad. But, the if joke isn't good ... not explaining it isn't going to make it any better.)
@futurebird Hot Take: When explaining a joke ruins it, it is because you are just making fun of someone, and explaining it just makes it obvious that you are being cruel. In other words, you just made a bad joke.
@uncanny_static ... or indeed, no joke at all.
CC: @futurebird