User:Bromador/stereotypical joke


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Typical schemes:
 * A particular social group is singled out, either per se (eg Pollack jokes or blonde jokes) or as in an apposition to another social group (e.g. Aberdeen joke in Scotland). The targeted group is assumed to possess a negative, weird or funny trait, to be poked fun at.
 * A particular group is portrayed better (smarter, stronger, etc.) at the expence of the rest

Particular types

 * Stupid folks:
 * Jokes of this type are particularly easily recycled across various targeted groups


 * Greedy or frugal folks:
 * Lawyer joke, Scottish joke/Aberdeen joke, Gabrovo joke.
 * A sizable layer of Jewish humour is of this type. Peculiarity: It is difficult to draw a line between xenophobic and self-deprecating jokes of this type.
 * Lazy folks
 * Further kinds: (*) punished for laziness, (*) rewarded for laziness, (*) resourceful/inventive laziness
 * Lazy layer of student jokes
 * Lazy layer of Yo Momma
 * Three folks:
 * An Englishman, an Irish and a Scotsman each find a fly in the cup of tea...
 * An American, a Frenchman, and a Russian are captured by savages...

Particular traits
(In addition to the common ones, listed above)
 * Uptight and formal Englishmen
 * Womanizing (and recently, cowardly) French

Particular cases

 * blonde joke
 * ethnic joke
 * Yo Mamma Joke
 * drummer joke:
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 * lawyer joke: Articles for deletion/Lawyer jokes
 * Some professional jokes are in-jokes, while other ones are typically stereotypical
 * Mother-in-law joke