185: The Joke Chart

So, I hung out with some good friends I hadn't seen in a while (it's the 2nd day of the quarter, so it's been like... since the end of last quarter), and while we were doing anything but schoolwork (again, 2nd day) we came up with an idea for a mathematical joke-chart, pictured above, wherein jokes can be categorized based on their appeal, ranging from literally two people all the way to mass appeal (which is nebulous, but I don't really know what the extremum there should be anyway), and then also categorized on their... sexiness.

There are obviously more possible axes, and it would be interesting to have a third axis that's the quality of the joke (though that would be so much more subjective), but we're limited by our medium and ability to quickly notate the jokes, and decided these were the two axes that were both easily discernible and widely applicable.

The idea was to have each of us keep record of the jokes we make and interact with over some time span, and map them all on the chart (just a dot per, doesn't have to be quantifiable), and then after a few days / a week / whatever time span, comparing the charts. I think it would be interesting, personally, because I'd wager there's a noticeable difference between mine and most of my peers, and it would be cool to see.

The chart in the picture is actually one I drew on a whiteboard functionality section of my server (I have a google docs / microsoft teams replacement that I host), so the next time I see said group of friends (or if they read this and want to reach out about it) I'm going to see if they want to make accounts and use it to track the joke tallies, because we could all contribute to one big whiteboard of inputs, which would be cool to see.

The four friends I talked about this with (Chip, Laurel, Sabina, and Jack) also learned of my blog today, and I think this might be the largest single-day jump in membership it's ever had. I don't care or keep track, really, it was just kinda fun for all of them to ask to have access, because we had to figure out how the invite system works, and now there are more people who get to read my mad ramblings!

I'm at 16 members now, which is kinda fun. The blog doesn't track if people actually log on and read the posts, and honestly I think that's probably for the better. I'm an overanalyzer at heart, and I would overanalyze the shit out of that kind of data, when there probably isn't that much to be learned.