The Rule of Funny

The theoretical guideline, “I don’t like X unless it’s funny”.

This term is used situationally, especially in recent times on social media to define how someone can enjoy a piece of content even if it betrays their own beliefs.

Person 1:*laughs at AI video*

Person 2: “I thought you hated AI?”

Person 1: “I do, unless it’s used in a funny way, such is the rule of funny.”

by Sqeegz March 20, 2026

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The Writers Will Make It Funny

A self-deprecating reference after you've made a joke where the wording is awkward, but you still think there's a meaningful joke in there.

It's like when there's a mailman, you know, and so the dog, a Golden Retriever, it was humping his leg, down there.

... the writers will make it funny

by samois98 November 18, 2019

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no one thinks you're funny

1) Stupid insult online that you can backtalk to immediately
2) There is nothing you can do if told this in real life. Have a response memorized? Too bad, you're going to embarrass yourself.

"stfu meatrider29 no one thinks you're funny"
"how's meadow road?"

"Dude, no one thinks you're funny, stfu"
Suicide

by subway572572 September 28, 2023

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Why do I find it funny?

Oh! You don't get it? My symptoms got worse 2 years ago. I have been in agony for the past 2 years. I was in genuine cognitive decline for about a month or 2 before I started using this very specific brand of generic mouthwash which ameliorated my symptoms, yet... The pressure in my skull persists...

Hym "So why do I find it funny? What have you been doing this whole time? Well, I'll tell you what you've been doing for the last 4 years and in the words of our much beloved Megyn Kelly 'Watching me suffer.' From the aforementioned affliction that I suspect has something to do with the hole in my tooth. Agony and discomfort for years. You WANTED that to be the case. And now your colleague got shot and APPARENTLY... I have no choice but to be sympathetic. Right? Not allowed to be sympathetic to the shooter. Have to be sympathetic to the person that fucked him instead of me. IF I DIE TOMORROW... Are you going to enforce that same sympathy mandate? 'I guess he was ill!' Where were you up until then? PRAYING on my downfall. Yet I remain and he does not. God clearly likes me better. If I die tomorrow would you even say anything about it? Give me in death what you denied me in life? Get the fuck outta here! Where's the money Piers? Billion Dollars off The Joker so confident it would succeed took a success contingent payout. It's going somewhere. While I sit here and rub my jowls to try and milk the blood through my skull so I can feel like I'm not actively about to have a stroke for a couple of minutes."

by Hym Iam September 29, 2025