Humor in the Age of Social Media

Person 1: A guy walks down the street and—

Person 2: Why does it have to be a male?

Person 1: A woman walks down the street and—

Person 2: Why does it have to be a female?

Person 1: An adult walks down the street and—

Person 2: What about the children?

Person 1: A person walks down the street and—

Person 2: What about the other eight billion people on the planet?

Person 1: Eight billion people walk down the street and—

Person 2: Why does it have to be species-centric?

Person 1: All living creatures go down the street and—

Person 2: What about inanimate objects?

Person 1: The earth and everything on it, in it, and around it goes down the street and—

Person 2: What about nature?

Person 1: The earth and everything on it, in it, and around it gather in a forest and—

Person 2: That would destroy the environment!

Person 1: The earth—

Person 2: What about the rest of the universe?

Person 1: The universe—

Person 2: What about alternate universes?

Person 1: Everything that exists, has existed, will exist, and might exist in the past, present, and future—

Person 2: What about things that can’t exist?

Person 1: [silence]

Person 2: That’s hilarious!

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