People are making apocalypse jokes like there’s no tomorrow.
People are making apocalypse jokes like there’s no tomorrow.
This joke is a pun. The phrase "like there's no tomorrow" normally means "freely, and without concern for the consequences", but could also refer to an actual world ending event.
Since the joke refers to "Apocalypse Jokes", you have to assume that they are using the second meaning. This is funny because it is the literal meaning, and usually that phrase is used figuratively.
This sentence can also be parsed "People are making apocalypse jokes such as 'there is no tomorrow.'" This is obviously the wrong parsing of the sentence, but it is possible. If "there is no tomorrow" is a sample of that person's idea of a joke, then the person likes black humor.
This joke is a pun. The phrase "like there's no tomorrow" normally means "freely, and without concern for the consequences", but could also refer to an actual world ending event.
Since the joke refers to "Apocalypse Jokes", you have to assume that they are using the second meaning. This is funny because it is the literal meaning, and usually that phrase is used figuratively.
This sentence can also be parsed "People are making apocalypse jokes such as 'there is no tomorrow.'" This is obviously the wrong parsing of the sentence, but it is possible. If "there is no tomorrow" is a sample of that person's idea of a joke, then the person likes black humor.
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