Now, you might think that all dads are proficient in dad jokes and immediately acquire this superpower upon the birth of their firstborn. While romantic, it’s actually a more boring process of learning the ropes along the way and then forgetting any other genre of humor exists at all, thus emotionally alienating your entire family forever.
But all jokes aside, you’d have to read a guide or two to learn the ropes.
In a nutshell, the purpose of a dad joke is to embarrass everyone around you—especially your own kids—to a degree that they would roll their eyes or walk away. If they come back with a heartfelt “I hate you” or any other iteration of the emotion, you’ve won.
There are several types of dad jokes, but all have the same objectives, so choose the one you enjoy and can master quickly and then roll with it.
There’s the situation dad joke, which is to take advantage of the perfect opportunity to strike a cringe comeback, there’s the pun dad joke which is all about wordplay that makes your ears bleed, and then there’s physical comedy dad jokes that’s all about nonverbal communication and bodily expression. And probably farts.
So, now that you’re all equipped to perform dad jokes, what will you start with? Share your best dad jokes in the comment section below!
And also consider checking out another one of our articles on the same topic to power up your arsenal of dad humor.
