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Although the first joke that may have been recorded was from 1900 B.C, that does not mean that there was no humor before then. The jokes of the past may have been inside jokes that never got to outside audiences or they may have just faded out of existence because of the lack of recording devices.

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Was the first joke a sophisticated inside joke or a devolved knock-knock joke? Turns out the very first joke ever recorded in written history was potty humour.

The joke went like this: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” Did you find this joke funny? Probably not, and if you did then maybe you would've been well suited to live with the Sumerians in 1900 B.C.

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Why was a chicken crossing a street such a hit amongst the 19th century and centuries after?

"Why did the chicken cross the road?'
"To get to the other side"
This joke is known as anti-humour; a type of joke that simply states the obvious and avoids the typical punchline. This joke can take the anticipation of a "funny" punchline and simply state the obvious to gain a reaction in the form of a shock factor.

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Stand-up comedy originated from Ancient Greek comedic plays. The modern stand-up comedy started evolving in the 1890's using slapstick comedy which was the act of exaggerated physical actions, often times using violence and accidental injuries.

In the 1980's, the more common form of alternative stand-up was created. Alternative stand-up is when the comedian observes the crowd and makes jokes on the spot right there and then.

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Knock-knock
Who's there?

The knock knock joke is a classic way to set up a joke that usually ends in a pun for the pun-chline.
It is thought that it may have rooted from 1606 in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It also may have came from 1900, but the most modern form of the knock-knock joke was created in 1936. The very first knock-knock joke went like this: "Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Rufus.
Rufus who?
Rufus the most important part of your house."

Knock-knock jokes are one of the easiest forms of jokes to understand and go along with because of the common understanding of how it goes. However, it may be a bit unfortunate if the owner of the house decides to just open the door.

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Although dark humour, otherwise known as black humour, is not the most school appropriate genre of comedy, it has it's own place in history. Early traces of dark humour can be found in 1935 when Andre Breton adopted Jonathan Swift's writings and turned them into humour. Often times the jokes included would go back to the topic of death or other taboo topics.

In 1965, the paperback Black Humor was introduced to America and it brought some light onto the darkness of this form of comedy.

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The "meme" as we know it today is slightly different than the original meaning of the meme. Originally, memes were a theoratical idea created by Richard Dawkins. Memes were any idea that would spread quickly for it's own benefit. Early forms of memes were passing on cultural information using verbal methods, fashions on T.V.'s behaviours, etc. It eventually phased into the modern Internet meme as we know it today while carrying on many of the previous ideas of the "meme".

Internet memes surfaced through E-mails, websites, and social medias all having a key joke or idea that would evolve as time goes on.

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The Downfall of Humour or the Beginning of a New Era? 

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The Downfall of Humour or the Beginning of a New Era? 

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Let's take a look at this video.

This video was the very first Internet meme created in 1996. Ever since this first mile stone, The progress of internet memes have slowed down slightly. However, internet memes would make a comeback in 2012.

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Bottom text and top text, troll face, and vines. The memes of the early 2010's defined a generation.

If you're here in 2021 right now as an 8th grade student, you may be familiar with some of the most iconic memes that shaped the 2010's. This ranged from the Trollface, Pepe the Frog, Doge, and Nyan cat. There also comes the "Advice Animals" format with a picture and a top text and bottom text usually delivering the punchline.

The 2010's may be considered the "golden age" of memes because it left a legacy that current memes have left behind. "Golden age" memes were usually created to feel "relatable", but newer versions of memes have turned into abstract edits and texts that somehow became relatable to the newer generation.

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Vine was an extremly popular website that was used to share quick comedic videos. Many iconic scenes have originated from Vine. Vine's formatting style is similar to TikTok although the content from each app has changed.

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Present day humour has become extremely peculiar. 3 second long videos have been surfacing from years ago with the oddest titles and content. It seems that we're going through a renaissance of sorts and rediscovering old media.

There is also a common theme of having the most abstract names or words matched with loud audio and unrelated pictures. Take this video for example.

Nowadays, humour needs a deeper understanding of current events in order for things to make sense. With the internet now having lots of information available, humour needs much more prerequiste understanding to make sense than in the past.

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The events of the world and society at the current times affect humour drastically. Dark jokes came to rise because people were tired of having to stay sad about horrible events going on at the time. The ancient Sumerians were always following laws and rules and maybe they needed an escape from being so formal all the time. Vines were created becasue the internet was relatively new and people were less afraid of the current "cancel culture" society. Modern memes may be so abstract now because no one wants to accidently offend anyone in the future and get "cancelled".

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With the way humour is going now, there is absolutely no way we could predict how the future. However, if the trend of humour becoming more and more simplified stays true, then the next joke may just be a black screen with funky music playing. It could possibly even be a camera zooming into something extremely quickly with a loud sound in the background. As a final conclusion to this presentation, I would like you to go away with the thought of "what can I do to make the next big trend?". There are so many possibilities and I think it would be cool if any of you viewers and listeners would have any thoughts or ideas.
With my 15th can of energy drinks completed, I hope you enjoyed this presentation I've created.

(That last part was a joke I do not condone drinking 15 cans of energy drinks in a day)