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| '''Self-referential humor''' relies on a subject making light of itself in some manner. For example, a ] play that featured the story of a group of fictional ]s attempting to put on a comedy play would be fertile ground for self-referential humor. A more concrete example would be the '']'' episode "]". Another example would be ]'s sketch ''No one called Jones'', in which he plays a teacher telling students with names like "Genital", "Myprick" and "Zipper" to stop making smutty, puerile jokes. Because it can be subtle, it is often used instead of more obvious humor in places that aspire to be taken seriously. | '''Self-referential humor''' relies on a subject making light of itself in some manner. For example, a ] play that featured the story of a group of fictional ]s attempting to put on a comedy play would be fertile ground for self-referential humor. A more concrete example would be the '']'' episode "]". Another example would be ]'s sketch ''No one called Jones'', in which he plays a teacher telling students with names like "Genital", "Myprick" and "Zipper" to stop making smutty, puerile jokes. Because it can be subtle, it is often used instead of more obvious humor in places that aspire to be taken seriously. | ||
| Software is sometimes named with a humorous self-referencing or ]. For instance, ] stands for '''L'''AME '''A'''in't |
Software is sometimes named with a humorous self-referencing or ]. For instance, ] stands for '''L'''AME '''A'''in't an ] '''E'''ncoder. Another famous example is ], which stands for '''P'''HP ] ]. | ||
| Self-referential humor is sometimes combined with breaking the ]. | Self-referential humor is sometimes combined with breaking the ]. | ||
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Self-referential humor relies on a subject making light of itself in some manner. For example, a comedy play that featured the story of a group of fictional thespians attempting to put on a comedy play would be fertile ground for self-referential humor. A more concrete example would be the Stargate SG-1 episode "Wormhole X-Treme!". Another example would be Rowan Atkinson's sketch No one called Jones, in which he plays a teacher telling students with names like "Genital", "Myprick" and "Zipper" to stop making smutty, puerile jokes. Because it can be subtle, it is often used instead of more obvious humor in places that aspire to be taken seriously.
Software is sometimes named with a humorous self-referencing or recursive acronym. For instance, LAME stands for LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder. Another famous example is PHP, which stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.
Self-referential humor is sometimes combined with breaking the fourth wall.
See also
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