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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (4 children)
[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

Different people think different things are funny

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I'm getting down voted to hell for saying that in a reply below. People are weird.

[–] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Same reason most things are funny, or at least mildly amusing: inversion of expectations.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

It's funny because you don't expect kids to want there to be monsters under their beds. Typically, or rather trope-ically, children ask their parents to make sure there are no monsters under their beds and at first it would appear the same is true here. However, the child and parent themselves appear ghoulish, and when it's revealed that there is in fact a monster under the bed, ostensibly the father as it is similarly ghoulish and tells a pretty decent double-layer dad joke, the child is relieved. It's irony! And puns. And just good Halloween vibes, which I admit aren't inherently humorous. But I'd argue they are almost always inherently light-hearted. I give it 9/10, especially compared to a lot of the shit I see posted around here.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Dead/dad

Edit: "good-bite" is a pun too

[–] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I got the good bite one. I guess the second one also explains what "hung-ee" was supposed to mean :D

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh. Oooh. It's "honey, I'm dead"

[–] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

That's how I readnit the first time. Now I'm thinking it's "hi hungry, I'm dad"

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I like how they setup a little lamp for the underbed fellow

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's called a flashlight, or a "torch" in more primitive parts of the world...jk UK, love you crazy kooks.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Flashlight is pretty dumb too, when you break it down. I’m going with Lamp-O-Tron.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Oh for sure, they don't even flash unless you have one with the emergency mode.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 22 hours ago

Aw adorable :)

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago