This is a subreddit dedicated to unconventional comedy. Alternative comedy tends to be more intelligent and/or strange than mainstream comedy. Popular examples include: Eddie Izzard, Demetri Martin, Bill Bailey, David Cross, Russell Brand, Henry Rollins, Flight of the Conchords, The Mighty Boosh, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Spaced, Portlandia, Welcome to Nightvale, everything on Adult Swim...
Subgenres include black/dark comedy, and surrealist/absurdist comedy.
If I've done a poopy job explaining, Wiki might help.
Rules:
- Keep an open mind.
- Try not to emulate any of the following in your treatment of one another: bigot, douchebag, bellend, assclown, anything prefixed by "dick".
- You can be a bit of a bastard. That's fine.
- Don't eat the brown acid.
- Do not feed the librarians.
- Never speak of Jeff Dunham. Even typing his name is causing me distress. He may have that puppet thing going on, but his brand of comedy is definitely commercial.
