Humor is usually, but not always, derived from a surprise from contrasting an expected follow-up with an unexpected situation. Once the joke has been exposed, there is no explanation that would restitute the surprise, hence it’s impossible both explain a joke and maintain its humor at the same time, unless the explanation itself is unexpected and therefore part of the joke.
I hope this helps in your journey to understand humans, Data.
Oh. Yeah. Explaining it like that DEFINITELY made it funny.
Humor is usually, but not always, derived from a surprise from contrasting an expected follow-up with an unexpected situation. Once the joke has been exposed, there is no explanation that would restitute the surprise, hence it’s impossible both explain a joke and maintain its humor at the same time, unless the explanation itself is unexpected and therefore part of the joke.
I hope this helps in your journey to understand humans, Data.