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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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286 points lachlan_gray | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 23:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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amelius ◴[16 Nov 25 23:26 UTC] No.45949404[source]▶
I don't see much connection here between miss BS and semiconductor physics.

It's just a physics book that happens to have pictures of the popstar in it.

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shermantanktop ◴[17 Nov 25 01:04 UTC] No.45949994[source]▶
A joke is like a soap bubble. The act of explaining a joke pops it and reveals it to have no substance.

The essence of humor is simply surprise. Once the surprise is gone, or if it never was surprising, it seems flat or silly.

Some people enjoy humor with deeper meaning, and explaining that meaning might be illuminating. But that’s lipstick on a duck.

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stavros ◴[17 Nov 25 08:20 UTC] No.45951759[source]▶
If I share the OP's objections, which I think I do, the problem isn't with the joke attempt itself, it's with the execution. The joke isn't tied in to the content at all, it's literally just the title, and nothing else.

If the author had tied song references into the text, for example, that would make it a much better execution.

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1. shermantanktop ◴[17 Nov 25 17:34 UTC] No.45955847[source]▶
Agree, this is definitely Penguin of Doom level humor. But the mechanic is the same as most comedy - the tickle of surprise from two ideas coming together.