salty
fresh
stale
sharp
bitter
sour
bland
sweet
bittersweet
acidic
caustic
these are all terms commonly used to describe humour/ humour delivery/humour reception. a lot of taste words are used to describe humor and jokes and most of them are pretty obvious I think
sour you asked about, that's generally used to mean spoiled. turned but generally not out and out rancid and rotting. you might hear a description that someone laughed sourly or joked sourly. generally it's used to mean that it's not actually funny and it is mean. usually the context is that no one else thought it was funny (and they were right not to)
sharp usually means quick and biting. can be positive or neutral or even sometimes negative
bitter jokes can be funny or unfunny but generally the defining quality is that the person who made the joke is not laughing. or is laughing but is unhappy. that doesn't mean that the joke isn't funny or that it isn't well received... it could for example be a self-deprecating joke or a joke about an uncomfortable situation that is funny but heavy
acidic humour is different from sour in that sour has a much stronger and consistent negative connotation. acidic can be used neutrally or even positively. acidic is similar to bitter but is usually sharper and more angry and frustrated whereas bitter has a tendency to be used for more resigned jokes
caustic is usually just sort of rough around the edges and more brass but doesn't necessarily have the same emotive connotations as bitter or acidic
Sour’s when you say an old joke that no longer lands the same, and everyone just gives you a look and an awkward polite chuckle, then moves on as quickly as possible.
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That’s when someone cry’s at a ridiculous hypothetical for being genuinely sad and then starts laughing at the same time because of how ridiculous it is
It's called wet because you laugh so hard you piss yourself
I was gonna say laughing so hard you’re crying but I think this is more fitting
do you have to be laughing or does just pissing yourself count
Wet humour is slapstick
Vinesauce Joel
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Canonically accurate Joel
We didn't *hear* the wetness of sprunking the GTA San Andreas remake, but it was *felt*
Tis why I love him
Nah it's like wine. Dry vs Sweet
I wonder if you can apply other flavor terms to humor. Like, I think I've heard spicy used to refer to jokes. What about sour? Or umami?
salty fresh stale sharp bitter sour bland sweet bittersweet acidic caustic these are all terms commonly used to describe humour/ humour delivery/humour reception. a lot of taste words are used to describe humor and jokes and most of them are pretty obvious I think sour you asked about, that's generally used to mean spoiled. turned but generally not out and out rancid and rotting. you might hear a description that someone laughed sourly or joked sourly. generally it's used to mean that it's not actually funny and it is mean. usually the context is that no one else thought it was funny (and they were right not to) sharp usually means quick and biting. can be positive or neutral or even sometimes negative bitter jokes can be funny or unfunny but generally the defining quality is that the person who made the joke is not laughing. or is laughing but is unhappy. that doesn't mean that the joke isn't funny or that it isn't well received... it could for example be a self-deprecating joke or a joke about an uncomfortable situation that is funny but heavy acidic humour is different from sour in that sour has a much stronger and consistent negative connotation. acidic can be used neutrally or even positively. acidic is similar to bitter but is usually sharper and more angry and frustrated whereas bitter has a tendency to be used for more resigned jokes caustic is usually just sort of rough around the edges and more brass but doesn't necessarily have the same emotive connotations as bitter or acidic
Sour’s when you say an old joke that no longer lands the same, and everyone just gives you a look and an awkward polite chuckle, then moves on as quickly as possible.
Robin Williams was the soggiest comic of them all. Absolutely drenched
Absolutely disagree, he had a very dry sense of humor.
He was the desert and the ocean both.
mf that's a beach
You're right. Robin Williams was my beach.
Dry humour is when the donkey eats figs. Wet humour is when he washes it down with wine. This is so funny I could die
Something something I asked the coat check girl if it was a wet comedy club
It’s good comedy, sir
\>watch the comedian \>its wet
Wet humour is along the lines of funny voices and overacting
Jerma
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This is basically what "wet" means in British slang in this context
Wet humor is the movie Elf.
So... Dank?
When she's laughing at my tiny penis but still horny.
Game Grumps
*sigh* I miss watching game grumps. They were my first thought too
That Top Gear clip where James is trying to tell a story with emphasis on trying
That’s when someone cry’s at a ridiculous hypothetical for being genuinely sad and then starts laughing at the same time because of how ridiculous it is
Batman vs Plastic Man
My dream-folk use terms dry and wet in this sense of the rhetoric!
Every Andrew Rousso video is wet humor
Oh, so like Amy Vorpahl on Breaking News?
So.. the balance is a moist or damp sense of humor
Wet humor is sex jokes
Like that Daffy Duck scene
All humor normal regular is considered to be sufficiently "wet" only distinction is needed for the dry variety
Maybe a "moist" sense of humor?
God fucking damnit how am I both?