@black369ace7
I remember seeing a post that categorised the generations like this: Silent Gen = denial Boomers = anger Gen X = bargaining Millennials = depression Gen Z = acceptance This could explain why a lot of Gen Z humour is based on the fact that they’re facing the harsh reality of now whilst reacting in a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ kind of way.
@ezekiellaww2524
Gen Z humor is an inside joke, but it's an inside joke that's never been explained
@beverycarefuljohn586
Millenials weren't the first generation with self depracating humor either. Dark jokes were popular in almost every society that endured some kind of big tragedy.
@JREG
Let’s analyze some memes sometime
@whatdadogdoin_
"jkjk. unless..." is probably the embodiment of meta-irony lmao
@VivBrodock
by showing memes in a completely serious and genuinely educational way this video is in fact an example of post-irony
@supereggtartersauce6464
Gen z humor is just “no think, just see”. It doesn’t matter what it is as long as it’s unpredictable. Which is ironic. Because something being unpredictable all the time is also pretty predictable. Like that humor is randomly generated meme from a while back. We just want our brains to consume something without thinking about it. We just want to be mentally stimulated. Things that are abstract and absurd are pretty stimulating.
@kira-lilym6363
"look at this graph" absolutely NEVER fails to knock me out i wasnt expecting it and i splurted
@AidZz
my favourite part about gen z humour is that i am now physically incapable of taking something incredibly serious actually seriously because it just feels like part of the bit
@Im0nJupiter
I think there's a significant link being missed here, which is that a lot of Gen Z was raised by Gen X. Gen X is also infamous for their absurdist humor, largely due to A) boomers being their parents and ruining the planet B) Vietnam and 9/11 C) living through two recessions which wiped out their hopes of retirement. We have a front row seat to the misery of our parents and adopted some of their coping strategies, but are so desensitized to misery by now that everything is a big joke--no matter how terrible. I feel like Gen Z is carrying the torch for Gen X, Gen X which was beaten down politically, never really stood up for themselves. I think a lot of us want to change that. It's also why boomers are such a target for our humor and Gen Xers mostly avoid our ire.
@fishfinnns
Gen Z humour is really just one big inside joke.
@kevinduliesco5468
Gen Z humor is mostly satire,we've accepted or kinda know what's been going on and just convert it to humor,it's kinda an inside joke,in which you will only get it if you know the topic or the meme template
@sn33py
I would say Gen Z humor is more absurdist than nihilistic, and understanding the role absurdism plays in how Gen Z approaches the world, as well as humor, is something interesting to think about.
@maddypape
can't wait until Gen Z people make up the majority of stand up comics, it's gonna be an absolute clusterfuck
@lemurluver12
I don’t know if gen z is hopeful, I think we kinda collectively just know that everything shit but we’re just taking it day by day and trying to be happy in the midst of the chaos…. idk tho
@LrW7x3t4v7
I’ve noticed that embracing cringe and sincere ironic enjoyment are a big part of it. Where once we constantly made fun of “cringy” behavior, now we admit that we’re all cringe, that it even should be celebrated. But this may loop back around into being “quirky” and “chaotic” and therefore too sincere to be appealing
@khaleddwl5192
15 years later and this will be dad jokes
@Moltenink
Honestly I think a major source of the meta-irony humor is the constant state of attack younger generations are under and the realization that you can't change people's minds, so mocking their attempts at ridicule is the apex response because the target of the meta-irony doesn't understand and has no response to it.
@meis18mofo77
I feel like most Gen Z memes only contain the punchline which is why they are so confusing whenever you don't know the, often very scattered and obscure setup. I'm Gen Z and even I have to sometimes google what the fuck some memes are about and sometimes I stare at a reddit add for a couple of seconds, trying to understand the joke before noticing it's not some uber absurd meme but an add.
@milk6982