When does a remark or adage or saying stop being funny and become banal and tedious?

When does a remark or adage or saying stop being funny and become banal and tedious?
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I think it’s totally subjective. I may have heard it a million times and be sick to death of it, but to someone else it may still be fresh, and they’ll still find it amusing.
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