Browse joke moods
Jokes by the mood they put you in, from silly and wholesome to dry and dark, with how each shelf's votes lean.
Surreal or nonsensical premise.
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Over-the-top sweet or corny; pickup-line energy.
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Clever jokes make you do a little work, and the pleasure is in the half-second where you get it. Wordplay with two readings, logic that goes somewhere unexpected, a premise that pays off on the last word. Good for people who like to be the one who laughed first.
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Adorable; small animals, kids, sweetness.
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The dad joke has rules: a pun, a straight face, and a teller who enjoys it more than anyone listening. It is also the most reliable clean joke there is, because the whole point is that it is too harmless to offend. Tell these to someone who has heard you tell them before.
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Dry humour never raises its voice. The joke is delivered as if it were a fact, the absurd thing is said in the tone of a weather report, and half the room laughs a beat after the other half. If you like understatement, this is your shelf.
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A groaner is a joke so bad it comes back round to being good. The pun is visible from a mile away, the teller knows it, and the groan is the applause. These are the crackers, the dad jokes and the ones your uncle has been telling since 1994.
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Bodily, icky, bathroom humour.
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Requires domain knowledge: science, math, programming, grammar.
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Everyday life noticed from an angle; 'isn't it weird how…'
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'This is so me.' Shared everyday frustration.
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Teller is the target.
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Silly is the mood with no edge at all: nothing to get, nothing to think about, just a daft idea taken seriously. It is the default register of jokes kids tell and the one grown-ups go back to when they are tired. Nobody is the target, and the groan is affectionate.
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Wholesome jokes are kind. Nobody is the butt of them, nothing is mocked that cannot laugh back, and the worst thing that happens is a pun. They are the ones to read at bedtime, send to your mother or open a speech with when you are not sure who is in the room.
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Quick, sharp, verbally nimble.
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