Stamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoWeirdly commonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1832arrow-down120
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minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoIf we cut out the context of that anecdote we get something resembling those weird recovered Sumerian jokes.
minus-squarebeckerist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoFor anyone else wanting to know more about 3000+ year old humor, please check out Irving Finkel on YouTube. He’s hilarious, intelligent, spunky and keeps his talks interesting. I can kill an hour listening to him before I realize it. One example: https://youtu.be/hDA6oIiQS4E
If we cut out the context of that anecdote we get something resembling those weird recovered Sumerian jokes.
For anyone else wanting to know more about 3000+ year old humor, please check out Irving Finkel on YouTube. He’s hilarious, intelligent, spunky and keeps his talks interesting. I can kill an hour listening to him before I realize it.
One example: https://youtu.be/hDA6oIiQS4E