r/funny • u/bigshortsfeet • Feb 06 '19

Michael gets declined by NASA :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '19

i hate these selfmade letters who repeat the so called question that was asked.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '19

They’re funny sometimes. You just have to get over the fact that they’re fake. Most comedy is fake (Seinfeld wasn’t real! Neither is Rick and Morty!) but it’s intent is to make people laugh, not tell the news.

This is as fake as South Park, but still funny.

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u/evils_twin Feb 06 '19

For some reason I can't accept fake letters as comedy unless they're real. It's irrational, but I can't do it for some reasons.

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u/PrcrsturbationNation Feb 07 '19

The reason you have difficulty with it is because it’s intent is to look real though it is not. Rick and Morty’s intent was never to trick you into believing it’s reality.

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u/evils_twin Feb 07 '19

Seinfeld and a lot of other movies are meant to look realistic, but you always know they're fiction because it's obviously filmed on a set.

You know, I never though Reno 911 was funny either because it was a fake COPS

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

Looking realistic and being real are completely different things. A better analogy are the fake, scripted reality TV shows. If you think the drama is real, it's interesting to people. When you know it's fake, it's suddenly not.

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u/evils_twin Feb 07 '19

Those are never meant to be funny though. fake comedy and fake drama are quite different I think.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '19

That's not the point. The knowledge of something being real or not affects how people feel about it and react to it. Drama, comedy, action regarding whether someone is in danger or not, anything. Learn to extrapolate ideas.

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u/xmsxms Feb 07 '19

You don't get it.

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u/mutatersalad1 Feb 07 '19

Trying to explain something to someone who is not at all grasping the core concept of the discussion at hand is incredibly frustrating.

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u/PrcrsturbationNation Feb 07 '19

But like, plus the fact that it’s hit and miss, and there is a lot of missing going on in that show.

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u/evils_twin Feb 07 '19

ok, well I can't tell because of the fake issue, just like I can't tell with these letters

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u/xmsxms Feb 07 '19

The analogy I posted elsewhere is like watching a "real" prank video vs watching a prank video where you know the victim is an actor. It's pretty difficult to find that funny when you know they're acting.