Notice to the humor-impaired: if you do not understand the paradoxes of normal human emotion, such as father-daughter relations, you will not see the humor nor get the point.
This may be a symptom of a worldview that is neurotic or false. Examine your life.
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.