One's really heavy, the other is a little lighter.
The only way this joke works, IMO, because it delays the pun for as long possible.
It's not even about delaying the punchline, it's setting it up, otherwise there is no context for "lighter" to make any sense. It also scans better as "little lighter".
Does this constitute as a dad joke. Idk - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/cdc7995b-6175-4caf-b789-07261625e0d5.webp
One is a lighter, another is heavier.
Tbh, most things are lighter than a hippo
One can crush you, the other one burn you.
We're the anti-meme community where the joke is that there isn't one, and by explaining that, we've ruined the whole thing, but we all find the collective misery hilarious.
The music of comedy is more important than the joke itself.
Follow the instance rules please, this is a lovely instance.
