Maybe it’s just because the latter evokes that speech from the Heath Ledger joker, making it less serious.

  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Something being a joke means it’s [insert negative attribute] enough to be laughable, but it being a bad joke mean it’s [insert negative attribute] but not enough to be funny.

    • _g_be@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      A bad joke doesn’t necessarily imply [negative attribute], though.

      Could just be ironic or surprising amount of [neutral attribute].

      So it’s poorly executed but earnest