BruceWillis1963 OP t1_itdbspb wrote on October 22, 2022 at 7:47 PM

Reply to comment by RegularBasicStranger in Beware of certain doctors by BruceWillis1963

Wow, you really know how to elevate a joke to another level.

RegularBasicStranger t1_itg174j wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:22 AM

Don't know what to reply so will add that the "infected" person fears light not because they are sensitive to it, since infected people are dark skinned as opposed to albino or almost albino vampires, but because of social pressure, them not wanting to be seen as different in their new community.

BruceWillis1963 OP t1_itg8921 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:37 PM

Now you have just taken the last gasp of humour out of it.

RegularBasicStranger t1_itgbb0y wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:07 PM

Humour is invoking some fear that suddenly gets removed by the punchline (failure to remove the fear makes the joke offensive).

So by stating the process which is strongly associated with vampires thus "vampire" neuron activated, which in turn activates names that are associated with vampires such as "dracula" neuron (the neuron has to be learned though so the audience needs to have heard about dracula before else there is no such neuron and the joke will fail).

So with the dracula word sent into the consciousness due to "dracula" neuron activation, Dr. Acula will add enough activation strength to the imagined word via the similarities that the "dracula" neuron gets activated the strongest, more than any other vampire name so there is confidence that it means dracula.