Comedy archetype
The Absurdist
The weirder, the better.
Logic is optional. You're drawn to comedy that escalates into the surreal, breaks its own reality, and commits fully to the bit no matter how strange it gets.
Most exemplified by
The sitcom whose joke mix matches The Absurdist most closely is Community.
By the numbers
How concentrated this archetype's signature joke types are in Community, vs the baseline share across every joke we've scored.
Share in Community Baseline across all jokes
Jokes a Absurdist loves
“'I eat stickers all the time, dude!'”
— Charlie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
“But it comes with a free frogurt. That's good. The frogurt is also cursed. That's bad. But you get your choice of topping. That's good! The toppings contain potassium benzoate. That's bad. Can I go now?”
— Shop owner, The Simpsons
“Aurora borealis... at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?”
— Skinner, The Simpsons
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