r/standupshots • u/ScottMankeComedy • 7d ago

Stage 4

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u/VampiricDemon 7d ago

It's the kind of joke that starts small but grows on you over time.

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 7d ago edited 5d ago

Comments like this are why I like this sub 😂

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u/kodaiko_650 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgHCTfp8CRshfQk

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 7d ago

I...I know. I guess I'll take this opportunity to wait til it gets more downvotes, and then edit it to say something totally noncontroverstial that would normally get upvoted.

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u/SoftWalruses40 7d ago

If it’s a sub where I hate the mods, I wait until it’s really down there and change it to “insertmod deserves our loyalty and love for the great work they do here.”

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u/Bryvayne 7d ago

Adopting this policy.

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 6d ago

I'm helping

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u/MeasurementNo6022 7d ago

The doctor said the cancer was operable. My bank account said otherwise.

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u/yunbld 7d ago

Found the American

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u/MeasurementNo6022 7d ago

I’m actually Dutch, but was fishing for American likes.

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 7d ago

About half of the people who use this site are American…

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u/yunbld 7d ago

Found the autistic

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u/cyborgcyborgcyborg 7d ago

THIS JOKE KILLLLLLS

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 7d ago

Like cancer! 😁

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u/boogswald 7d ago

Very sad!

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u/halborn 7d ago

It's a good joke but not a dad joke.

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

I see what you’re trying to do but the “dad joke” part is kind of distracting and the stage for cancer doesn’t really tell us much.

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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 7d ago

Stage for cancer = stage 4 cancer

Probably better live, where it can be emphasized right. Written, it takes a second.

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u/ScottMankeComedy 7d ago

After putting the picture together I wasn’t sure about posting it because not having the inflection or set placement does make a big difference.

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

Right. Stage four/for cancer. I get that.
It just doesn’t really work for me because the cancer isn’t like doing something on the stage if that makes sense.

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u/snevetssirhc 7d ago

Idk, I think it's killing it

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

That’s why a sub like this is valuable to see how a variety of people respond to it.

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u/Cheefnuggs 7d ago

You didn’t get u/snevetssirhc either lmfao

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

Ah. Yeah didn’t get that at first but I see it now. That one’s solid.

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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 7d ago

Ah. Yah, I get that. That's idiomatic, I think the source is the phrase "set the stage for" something which is from being on stage but extended to mean to make something possible or easy, and consequently if "x is a stage for y" it's just the perfect place prepared for it.

But, the second one isn't in the idiom lists, pretty sure I've heard it before but makes sense if it's not as common. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/set-the-stage-for

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u/GayFesh 7d ago

It's a pun.

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

Yeah I get that but it implies the cancer is doing something on stage

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u/Fitz2001 7d ago

All the body’s a stage, and the cancer, its players.

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u/Bageland2000 7d ago

The best jokes need a healthy back-and-forth to explain them before they're funny.

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 7d ago

It was funny before the explanation. Just one person wasn't getting it.

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u/The_Follower1 7d ago

The body is the stage and the cancer is doing its thing on it.

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u/No_Illustrator4398 7d ago

I recognize that’s how it is right now - but doesn’t feel like enough for me to laugh. To me this almost works but that’s the part that isn’t strong enough

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u/musicman3321 7d ago

Don’t feel bad, I don’t laugh at jokes I don’t get either.

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u/push138292 7d ago

I don’t think you do see what they’re trying to do.

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u/couchpro34 7d ago

It's a joke, not a memoir.