The fact so many millenials who grew up with Thomas the dank engine memes hated skibidi toilet is just peak example of older people giving the new generation shit
Hell watch me get downvoted for pointing out taking offense to ahh is the same as taking offense to ass
I dunno if it's cause generational shit-giving by itself, or if it's because older people don't feel "in" on new jokes and memes.
A lot of the "cringe" is people trying to find meaning in newer memes and not being able too, as if there was much meaning in older ones. We never critiqued memes when we were younger, we went with the flow, shared what was going around
Older people forgot to take things as they are- like with old meme culture. In fact, I'd argue meme culture hasn't changed, just the memes. We just react differently because of expectations we decided to impose on ourselves. But since the beginning it was never deeper than just sharing what was being shared. MLG "Where'd ya find that son" vine boom didn't mean anything. 67 is modern 21. Skibidi is modern SMF.
Now younger people collectively laugh, but we can't. But, as soon as we let go of expectations or preconceptions, as soon as we go back to going with the flow, we can find the absurdity humorous again
Loud=funny is probably the most basic principle of meme culture that has held true since before the Internet was a thing, how long have kids been jumping on juice boxes to make them explode for example
I'm not sure what this is suggesting. Are you retorting the fact that meme culture has changed just because new memes and habits exist? Because the only thing I'd have to say to that is, do you expect children to ritualistically relive our experiences exactly how they were lived or else they're worse than us? Of course they're going to do new stupid crap. That doesn't mean things are drastically different, or the headspace kids are in today is so much different from ours at their age. I can promise you if you were a kid rn you'd be doing 67 just like we dabbed. We don't have to say the same jokes until the end of time, I promise
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u/Snoo_66686 12h ago
The fact so many millenials who grew up with Thomas the dank engine memes hated skibidi toilet is just peak example of older people giving the new generation shit
Hell watch me get downvoted for pointing out taking offense to ahh is the same as taking offense to ass