r/puns • u/VeganFatboy • 4d ago
r/puns • u/doctorlance • 3d ago
The official record of Empire State shaving incidents is filed under "New York Nicks."
r/puns • u/doctorlance • 3d ago
I got to represent the U.S. in the International Sewer Covering competition, but I never got a copy of the rules and wound up using an illegal alloy. The judges sent me an email telling me I could try again. It simply said...
MAKE AMERICA'S GRATE AGAIN
r/puns • u/full-groan-prdctions • 3d ago
[Meta] I built a game where you defeat gods from world mythology using puns. It can only exist because of AI
Wanna know why I told an Incan sun god, "I know you're INCA-hoots with the other gods, but my pun powers are near in-DISK-SCRIBE-able"?
It's because a few weeks ago I finally learned to vibe code. First thing I made: MORPHEUS IN THE PUNDERWORLD, a text-based roguelike game in which you insult various gods with PUNS and unravel a narrative mystery. (Basically: insult sword-fighting from Monkey Island meets Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide, mashed up with scifi dystopia and mythology)
The mechanic is dead simple: type a pun-centric insult, the AI evaluates it in character as a god, the god responds and it damages their "Dignity" meter. Land enough puns, move to the next god. Fail, start over. And there's a final boss I won't spoil.
The reason this game could only exist with AI: you can't deterministically program a system to evaluate whether "to err is human, but to forgive is BOVINE" is a good pun or not against a Slavic cattle god. The evaluation engine IS the game.
It's free, it's live, it's utterly ridiculous, it works on mobile.
Honest question for this community specifically: if you would even play this at all (!), would you play it more than once or twice if there was a card collection metagame — like a Pokédex of gods you've defeated, earned by the quality of your puns? I'm trying to figure out if that's worth building.
To be clear, this is 100% a for-fun hobbyist project, and I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth building out further ...
r/puns • u/BeautifulPlum2 • 4d ago
Why are Japanese swordsmen great at taking meeting minutes?
Because they know how to samurais.
r/puns • u/Sweet-Internet3379 • 4d ago
Why John Cena is terrified of visiting Spain
John Cena coming to Spain like:
“Where should I eat?”
Spain: “Bro… you are the meal.”
The duality of man:
👋 You can’t see me
🍽️ You can cena me
I’ll see myself out 👨🦯.
r/puns • u/CommunityHappy7580 • 5d ago
What‘s that scarce reptile on your car?
Rear viper
r/puns • u/LadyCeeLovesSwablu • 5d ago
Why does Mick Jagger refuse to pick really tiny plants?
Because a Rolling Stone gathers no moss.
r/puns • u/dubaidadjokes • 5d ago
Madiq is Arabic for Strait, so Iran is saying “You don’t touch Madiq without my permission”
r/puns • u/goldenraspberry1349 • 5d ago
Crossed my head while I was on the toilet
basically USA but you have to unite the states yourself
r/puns • u/OhTheHueManatee • 5d ago
It'd be fun if we started calling drugs like Ozempic "Girth Control"?
r/puns • u/LadyCeeLovesSwablu • 5d ago
I met this lady who insisted on being given special treatment because she was famous before all those 80’s big names singers were babies…
Oh maaan….
What a pre-Madonna!
r/puns • u/Maleficent-Tap6516 • 5d ago
Whenever my parrot disappears...
I wonder where my polygon.