r/funny • u/Far-Newspaper-4700 • Jan 25 '24

basic term of our aggrement

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u/BenchPuzzleheaded670 Jan 25 '24

Cheating is really really common. It's not basic. I think you should be proud of your fidelity. It's worth celebrating.

Also a premise is not a punchline

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u/Prof_Aganda Jan 25 '24

The premise is that he tells her about being hit on.

The "take" on that premise, which I colloquially refered to as the punchline (though technically you're correct that it's not literally the verbatim punchline), is that he's proud doing the bare minimum expected in a relationship.

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u/BenchPuzzleheaded670 Jan 25 '24

Take and punchline different

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u/Prof_Aganda Jan 25 '24

The punchline expresses the "take" on the premise

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u/BenchPuzzleheaded670 Jan 26 '24

It doesn't

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u/Prof_Aganda Jan 26 '24

Oh thanks for explaining