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minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·8 months agoI get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is “wife bad”, this sounds more like something a self-described “alpha male” would say.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago“sure was hard when you mom was bouncing on it last night” …and that’s a beating from the bully.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months ago“Bullying and sex-shaming funny” is just as much of a boomer humor cliché as “wife bad”, though.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoA comeback to likely piss off said boomer since they are probably homophobic too.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThe original was better, since he left the antagonizer to his misery without any engagement, and went back to having fun.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoOh, that wasn’t obvious on my phone screen until I zoomed in just now.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoIt is actually kind of nice that your mind went to him just enjoying life and not being bothered by bullies.
minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoNeeds the last panel to be blue shirt tied to a kite and flying away.
minus-squarealmar_quigley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI can picture it and it’s wonderful!
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-28 months agoGen-X here. Can confirm that “virgin”, " nerd", and “<homophobic slur>” were preferred punch lines by the boomers.
minus-squarealmar_quigley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoAlso judging people for having a harmless hobby that doesn’t conform to their world view.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoWasn’t nerd still common bullying word in 80’ and 90’? Then nerds became the richest people with the internet and it doesn’t work anymore.
Boomer humor
I get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is “wife bad”, this sounds more like something a self-described “alpha male” would say.
“sure was hard when you mom was bouncing on it last night”
…and that’s a beating from the bully.
“Bullying and sex-shaming funny” is just as much of a boomer humor cliché as “wife bad”, though.
A comeback to likely piss off said boomer since they are probably homophobic too.
The original was better, since he left the antagonizer to his misery without any engagement, and went back to having fun.
Except that he’s scowling.
Oh, that wasn’t obvious on my phone screen until I zoomed in just now.
It is actually kind of nice that your mind went to him just enjoying life and not being bothered by bullies.
Needs the last panel to be blue shirt tied to a kite and flying away.
I can picture it and it’s wonderful!
Gen-X here. Can confirm that “virgin”, " nerd", and “<homophobic slur>” were preferred punch lines by the boomers.
Also judging people for having a harmless hobby that doesn’t conform to their world view.
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Wasn’t nerd still common bullying word in 80’ and 90’? Then nerds became the richest people with the internet and it doesn’t work anymore.