β² 543 βΌ Science wins again (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by MyCatIsDumb@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 52 points 7 months ago (1 child) Twist: those are psych researchers, and he is in the experimental group. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) Double twist: he's the actual psych researcher and they're the research subjects. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Digit@lemmy.wtf 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Triple twist: They're all just cartoon drawings, and we're the research subjects. & we don't get to see the psych researchers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* This thread reminds me of an Asimov short story where someone discovers that humor is just a vehicle for psychological experimentation being done on humans by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Now that humans know where jokes come from, it's no longer a useful tool to the observers and is removed from the testing environment... "The gift of humor is gone," said Trask drearily. "No man will ever laugh again." And they remained there, staring, feeling the world shrink down to the dimensions of an experimental rat cage---with the maze removed and something, something about to be put in its place. http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/villaroylit/public/Jokester.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) Double twist: he's the actual psych researcher and they're the research subjects. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Digit@lemmy.wtf 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Triple twist: They're all just cartoon drawings, and we're the research subjects. & we don't get to see the psych researchers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* This thread reminds me of an Asimov short story where someone discovers that humor is just a vehicle for psychological experimentation being done on humans by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Now that humans know where jokes come from, it's no longer a useful tool to the observers and is removed from the testing environment... "The gift of humor is gone," said Trask drearily. "No man will ever laugh again." And they remained there, staring, feeling the world shrink down to the dimensions of an experimental rat cage---with the maze removed and something, something about to be put in its place. http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/villaroylit/public/Jokester.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Digit@lemmy.wtf 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Triple twist: They're all just cartoon drawings, and we're the research subjects. & we don't get to see the psych researchers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* This thread reminds me of an Asimov short story where someone discovers that humor is just a vehicle for psychological experimentation being done on humans by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Now that humans know where jokes come from, it's no longer a useful tool to the observers and is removed from the testing environment... "The gift of humor is gone," said Trask drearily. "No man will ever laugh again." And they remained there, staring, feeling the world shrink down to the dimensions of an experimental rat cage---with the maze removed and something, something about to be put in its place. http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/villaroylit/public/Jokester.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* This thread reminds me of an Asimov short story where someone discovers that humor is just a vehicle for psychological experimentation being done on humans by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Now that humans know where jokes come from, it's no longer a useful tool to the observers and is removed from the testing environment... "The gift of humor is gone," said Trask drearily. "No man will ever laugh again." And they remained there, staring, feeling the world shrink down to the dimensions of an experimental rat cage---with the maze removed and something, something about to be put in its place. http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/villaroylit/public/Jokester.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
