Oh man, you got me. I am the WORST about jokesplaining. (I never heard that term before--sums it up tidily!) My students probably think I'm the cheesiest because after I try to say something funny I make for dang sure to point it out and say something even cheesier like "Did you get it? Did you guys get it?!!" like an overenthusiastic puppy. After a while they just roll their eyes and humor me the way they probably humor their dads' jokes. I do it because I'm a goofball, not because I don't think they are smart enough to 'get it'. If anything, I'm the not-smart one for saying something so ridiculous. I'd hate for readers to think I'm jokesplaining because I don't think they're intelligent/cultured/cool/nuanced/etc. enough to 'get it' when really it's just me being silly...Then again, in this case, my students were probably born in 2003, the year this song was released, so they really might not know the song I'm referencing. Maybe I've gotten in the habit of jokesplaining because I'm often surrounded by 20-year-olds and 60-year-olds. Something I noticed last semester: Some of my students have started using the phrase "That's what she said." They think it's from that tv show "The Office", but I was saying that back in the 90s because of Beavis & Butthead. But at least now they would get it if I said "That's what she said". (Do your daughters know that expression yet?)

Anyway, what you've written here is making me think: Who is my audience? Am I trying to make sure my 20-year-old students 'get' it...or is this more for...my own peers who already get it? This is probably something I need to clarify in my own head as I keep writing...

Definitely teach your girls to drink stouts! Oh. Wait...uhhhhh...:)