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Anon joins a shitposting group (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I think that's a huge source of disconnect with Gen Z. I don't think they ever had a concept of dark humor.

I mean, I dunno; I think you're right in the sense that Gen. Z doesn't do edgy humor nearly as much but they are still known for irony poisoning and I think you get similar outcomes, just (now) with the veneer of there being, really, a truth to what you're saying.

"Helen Keller didn't really do all that" is squarely a Gen. Z "joke" with just as awful implications as dark humor.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I mean I'll fully admit that I don't know the intricacies of Gen Z humor. I've heard some of it, and there's a lot about it that I don't understand. It can be amusing with the sheer volume of absurdism that it contains. I used to despair over "not getting the joke" until I realized that in many cases, there's nothing to get. It's just absurdist buffoonery channeled into shitpost-tier memes.

    Maybe they do have elements of dark humor that I haven't picked up on, but if so it's very different from millennial dark humor. A lot of the shit we used to joke about would not fly these days, and in many cases it's with good reason. You'd be labeled a psycho if you tried.

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