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  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    13 hours ago

    Yeah, but putimg this (actually not bad) meme into a “funny” community feels a bit like taking a whole generation, that we seriously fucked up, not seriously.
    Even if OP is still in his teens or so and was actually telling about his own struggle.

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      5 hours ago

      I don’t think you understand the fundamentals of humor, my friend.

      To laugh at tragedy is how you get through tragedy. No one is laughing at this meme because they think it’s funny that a whole generation of kids got to miss out on their youth due to covid, wars and inflation.

      We laugh because we can relate and because there is something kind of ironic about how we all probably hoped that coivd was gonna be a short lived thing and that things would go back to normal eventually. The fact that the hits have kept coming every single year since 2020 is comical because it’s so awful.

      The young people of today have been screwed out of a carefree youth. Are you really gonna tone police their humor just because it offends you personally?

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      9 hours ago

      This is the classic misconception, that if you make a joke about something, you are not taking it serious.

      You can talk about things you or other people struggle with in a joking way and it doesn’t take anything away from the seriousness. It might even help to let others understand your struggle.

      This is especially a Gen Z thing, they love self deprecating jokes. I see nothing wrong with that personally.

      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 hours ago

        You didn’t quite get me I think:
        In my opinion, only the putting of the meme under c/funny is taking away from its seriousness.
        The meme itself is totally fine.

        I’m GenX and we are also very much into fatalistic satirical humour (and absurdist humour - I actually enjoy brainrot - shoutout to GenZ: great work here!).
        So I absolutely agree with trying to deal with dreadful stuff in form of biting satire.
        But posting it under c/funny I perceive as derogative, as it implies: hey don’t take it serious.

      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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        9 hours ago

        Well, I don’t know OP, so maybe.

        But the meme he posted is about a generation’s trauma and its dark consequences.
        Totally belongs in a serious meme- or society-community, but seeing it filed under “funny” really annoys me.

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          8 hours ago

          Well, it’s not a “wholesome memes” community. I get your point insofar as cynical humor can be frustrating at times.

          • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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            8 hours ago

            Cynical! Thank you, that was the word I have been looking for the whole time!

            But I still think that posting the meme to this funny community reduces it to an actual joke.

            Placing it under c/memes or so would still preserve its cynical form while much less affecting its serious core premise.