Told my best pun at my kid's birthday party and got crickets, told the same one at the warehouse and they roared, which crowd is the real judge?

So last Saturday I'm at my daughter's 8th birthday party, 12 kids plus parents, and I drop my classic "I'm reading a book on anti-gravity, it's impossible to put down." One dad gives a weak smile, everyone else just stares at their cake. Then Monday at work, same joke during a safety briefing break, and three guys nearly fell off their chairs laughing. My buddy says kids only laugh at fart jokes and that's the real audience. But honestly, the groan is the whole point, right? Does a dad joke fail if nobody groans, or does it win because only a true dad appreciates it? What's your take, do you tell your jokes to kids or adults to test them?

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scott.drew13d agoOG Member

Kids are the honest ones because they got no filter, that's the real test. Adults laugh out of politeness or because they're just as broken as you are. The groan IS the victory lap, it means the joke landed exactly where it needed to. You told it at a birthday party, that's rookie placement. Warehouse guys get it because they're all dads themselves, it's like a secret handshake. Keep it for the loading dock, save the fart jokes for the kids, everyone wins.