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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T00:45:25.000Z",
  "site": "https://drchucktingle.tumblr.com",
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  "textContent": "it is totally fine to ask buckaroo. i think part of issue is that i am a naturally funny person even when i dont try to be. some of this trot is accidental, and some of it is on purpose. this is pretty common with autistic people i think, because a very effective form of comedy is the 'fish out of water' trot: one person contrasting with the world around them\n\nso if i just honestly talk about the way i see things, as a neurodivergent person, there is going to be comedy. i recognize that. i use it as an artistic tool sometimes. i can learn into it or pull back from it\n\nbut all of that said, it is not the purpose of my art. when i write a tingler i never think: this is for someone to laugh at. i simply recognize that they probably will, and i am more than happy to give them that\n\npersonally, i dont even really like comedy, it is not at all my preferred genre. just not for me.\n\nevery once in a while someone online will post a sort of hot take thats like: 'i just dont think chuck tingles books are funny. why is he still making the same joke?'\n\nand i always kind of get a kick out of that because i think\n\none: a dont think my books are funny either\n\ntwo: because im not making a joke\n\nso i guess me and the haters have a lot in common.\n\nanyway, the art that i make is not JUST MINE. it is a collaboration between me AND you in a sort of endless loop. just because im the one who made it, that dosent mean i know what it is any better than someone else. in other words, if you laugh at it, you are not wrong. you are just as correct as i am when i dont laugh\n\nso what is MY reaction to the tingleverse? what are the things i feel when i see my books? i think: that is fun. that is cute. that is clever. that is joyful. that is sweet. that is interesting. that is whimsical.\n\nbut personally, never 'that is funny.'\n\nit is okay if you do though",
  "title": "You’ve probably answered this a million times before, but I have a question. You’ve said that your Tinglers are sincere, and I certainly believe that (I haven’t read one myself yet due to various personal reasons so I don’t feel comfortable making a judgement myself), but like… parts of them/their concept that are funny are often meant to be funny, right? Or am I making an incorrect assumption? Like the titles (they remind me of Japanese light novel titles and I love them very much for that), a…"
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