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Rimshot (Ba-Dum-Tss)

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About the Rimshot (Ba-Dum-Tss) sound

Ba-dum-tss. The rimshot is comedy's oldest safety net, lifted straight from the vaudeville and burlesque drummers who punctuated a comic's punchline so the audience knew exactly when to react. Three hits, a couple of seconds, and a bad joke is officially a joke. It survives because it works with no support at all: post it under a pun in a group chat with zero other context and everybody reads it correctly. Streamers bind it to a hotkey. Podcast editors drop it in afterwards, usually against the host's express wishes.

OriginA drum rimshot sting: the ba-dum-tss that punctuates a punchline.

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  • #rimshot
  • #drums
  • #joke
  • #comedy

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