Okay first of all obligatory “generational labels are bullshit” disclaimer.

But I just noticed a lot of humour made by millennials as adults is very “cutesy” and “dad joke”.

If anyone grew up in the 90s or 2000s, you know that we were the total opposite as kids. Seriously it wasn’t long ago where the hight of our humour was homophobia and jokes about SA. We were the fucking horrible edgelord generation.

How did we go from being kids that would beat each other up for even looking at the colour pink, to the heckin’ wholesome cat video generation?

Honestly I know we make fun of ourselves for the “HECKING POGGER PUPPERINO” shit, but honestly, it’s a step up from the edgelord shit we grew up with.

This is, of course, ignoring that a lot of us didn’t grow out of it and became your Ben Shapiro’s and your Steven Crowders (I am so sorry Zoomers, we failed you hard)

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    12·
    5 months ago

    Also, maybe the decaying society we live causes us to develop an infantile disorder as a coping mechanism

    While I mostly agree with your comment, I will say I’m not a fan of the idea that liking wholesome or cute things is some kind of arrested development or some other personal failing.

    Honestly sometimes I feel it’s more mature to embrace what you like rather that be a stoic badass 24/7

    I know that’s probably not what you meant though, so this isn’t like, calling you out or anything.

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      15·
      5 months ago

      I was referring more to the “heckin wholesome chungus doggos” type language. Everyone enjoys cute things but i think it’s very odd when grown adults talk to each other the same way i talk to my baby cousins. I also watch videos of cats purring and vtubers, by the way side-eye-1 but if you want another example of the weird infantilizing behavior, just watch the FuwaMoco twins’ highlights (yes. I know its a persona)