I need that dramatic sad music lol
Fiction also usually includes a flashback to see how horrific it was, and then it cuts back to the person telling the story, as though they just finished describing everything that happened. In reality, nobody can ever describe a scene in such detail, and while you are reliving the moment, everyone else just hears you say what happened.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I had the opposite experience. I was laughing about it and then realised no one else was.
Oh, oops.
SARGE@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
When you tell a funny story from your childhood but instead of laughing, your friend hugs you and says “I’m so sorry you went through that” :
Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol I was gonna say, the dramatic music would really ruin the punchline
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Or would it enhance it through ironic dissonance?
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
A couple of weeks back I saw my boss hadn’t eaten all her lunch. She said it was because her mother had made it, and always tried to give her too much; just like when she was little.
I replied that my childhood habit was to clear the plate every time, just in case there wasn’t enough next time. She laughed because she thought I was making a joke, and then went really quiet.
Yeah.