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Maya S. Trojan piefed.blahaj.zone maya_s_trojan@piefed.blahaj.zone
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I absolutely love it when something in a Boomer Humor style is actually a good joke.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#3 · Quote Reply

I absolutely love it when something in a Boomer Humor style is actually a good joke.

What about this is boomer humor style?

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
#4 · Quote Reply

What about this is boomer humor style?

What about this isn't!?

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#5 · Quote Reply

What about this isn't!?

Answer my question or go away. I am so tired of trolls and what-about-ism.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

Answer my question or go away. I am so tired of trolls and what-about-ism.

Says the one who literally opened with "what about" 😛

To answer your question, though, "boomer" isn't just a pejorative, nor is "boomer humor" necessarily an insult.

Point of fact: this comic is of a wholesome but silly kind of humor that boomers absolutely adore and that doesn't mean that it's bad.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
#7 · Quote Reply

Answer my question or go away. I am so tired of trolls and what-about-ism.

Oh fuck off. Open your eyes and see for yourself. The Far Side-like drawing style and silly dad joke absolutely scream boomer humor. If you can't see the obvious right in front of your eyes, then it might be time to get tested for autism.

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NathanRanch lemmy.zip NathanRanch@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-30
#8 · Quote Reply

I absolutely love it when something in a Boomer Humor style is actually a good joke.

It's boomer humor if I don't like it.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Oh fuck off. Open your eyes and see for yourself. The Far Side-like drawing style and silly dad joke absolutely scream boomer humor. If you can't see the obvious right in front of your eyes, then it might be time to get tested for autism.
  1. I am autistic, but I’m really not sure what that has to do with you not answering my question and being an ass about it.
  2. I asked a simple question, you aren’t even who I was asking, why did you even bother to respond if you were just going to be an asshole?
  3. I’m not getting any similarity to the far side here and one cell comics and dad jokes both predate boomers. Typical boomer humor is like wife hating jokes.
  4. If I could see what’s obvious to you then why would I ask? WTF? Why do people keep assuming that everyone else must experience the world the exact same way they do and take offense when they don’t?
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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Says the one who literally opened with "what about" 😛 To answer your question, though, "boomer" isn't just a pejorative, nor is "boomer humor" necessarily an insult. Point of fact: this comic is of a wholesome but silly kind of humor that boomers absolutely adore and that doesn't mean that it's bad.

I also could have just said “how”. I wasn’t being an asshole just because somebody else didn’t understand something I did.

I disagree, I have literally never heard “boomer humor” or “boomer” applied in a positive light and a quick search is backing up my thinking on that.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply

I am autistic, but I’m really not sure what that has to do with you not answering my question and being an ass about it. I asked a simple question, you aren’t even who I was asking, why did you even bother to respond if you were just going to be an asshole? I’m not getting any similarity to the far side here and one cell comics and dad jokes both predate boomers. Typical boomer humor is like wi...

My brother in Cthulhu, I do not care. Like a typical autistic person, you're being pedantic and hyperfixating on things that do not matter. Life is too short for you to obsess over the fine details of my behavior and how I replied to you. You're supposed to just laugh at the silly comic or make fun of it, and then move on.

So please, stop being so god damn autistic and just LET. IT. GO. You're really frustrating to talk to. I responded to your initial question with hostility because it was kind of a dumb question to ask. Any more questions? (that question was sarcasm)

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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My brother in Cthulhu, I do not care. Like a typical autistic person, you're being pedantic and hyperfixating on things that do not matter. Life is too short for you to obsess over the fine details of my behavior and how I replied to you. You're supposed to just laugh at the silly comic or make fun of it, and then move on. So please, stop being so god damn autistic and just LET. IT. GO. You're ...

So what you are saying is that you are a bully and you only responded in the first place because it was a chance to make yourself feel better at the expense of somebody else’s edification. Got it. Bye.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
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I also could have just said “how”. I wasn’t being an asshole just because somebody else didn’t understand something I did. I disagree, I have literally never heard “boomer humor” or “boomer” applied in a positive light and a quick search is backing up my thinking on that.

I have literally never heard “boomer humor” or “boomer” applied in a positive light

Just because you haven't personally come across it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

a quick search is backing up my thinking

Fun fact: the most common examples will show up at the top of search results. Uses free of negative connotations are not as frequent and as such tend to be further down the results and thus tend to not be found in a QUICK search unless you get your search parameters JUST right.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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I have literally never heard “boomer humor” or “boomer” applied in a positive light Just because you haven't personally come across it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. a quick search is backing up my thinking Fun fact: the most common examples will show up at the top of search results. Uses free of negative connotations are not as frequent and as such tend to be further down the results and ...

I didn’t say or suggest that my lack of knowledge meant that it didn’t exist.

Then provide a primary source that backs up what you are saying please. Otherwise all I have to go on is the word of a bully and an unconvincing internet stranger who’s only argument so far is the same one I heard about god and faith when I was forced to go to Sunday school.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
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I didn’t say or suggest that my lack of knowledge meant that it didn’t exist. Then provide a primary source that backs up what you are saying please. Otherwise all I have to go on is the word of a bully and an unconvincing internet stranger who’s only argument so far is the same one I heard about god and faith when I was forced to go to Sunday school.

Took me literally a few seconds

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#16 · Quote Reply

Took me literally a few seconds

This is an editorial that describes these as the diamonds in the rough, not boomer humor as not cringe or as one cells in general.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

So what you are saying is that you are a bully and you only responded in the first place because it was a chance to make yourself feel better at the expense of somebody else’s edification. Got it. Bye.

Bruh, I DO. NOT. CARE.
Again, life is too short for your bullshit. You're the one being a bully because you can't take a hint even after I spelled it out for you. Stop being so god damn annoying and GO. AWAY.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
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This is an editorial that describes these as the diamonds in the rough, not boomer humor as not cringe or as one cells in general.

I'm sorry, but exactly WHERE are you saying you want the goalposts to be now? đŸ€ŠđŸ»

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#19 · Quote Reply

Bruh, I DO. NOT. CARE. Again, life is too short for your bullshit. You're the one being a bully because you can't take a hint even after I spelled it out for you. Stop being so god damn annoying and GO. AWAY.

If you don’t care then stop responding.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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I'm sorry, but exactly WHERE are you saying you want the goalposts to be now? đŸ€ŠđŸ»

Exactly how am I moving the goal posts by saying that an editorial that literally bills itself as opinion isn’t a definition of “boomer humor”? You have officially lost me with this.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#21 · Quote Reply

It's boomer humor if I don't like it.

"everyone faster than me is a maniac, everyone slower than me needs to get the fuck out the way" is some of my favorite logic

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Capybara_mdp reddthat.com Capybara_mdp@reddthat.com
Joined: 2024-09-29
#22 · Quote Reply

What about this is boomer humor style?

Technically:
https://www.distractify.com/p/boomer-humor-lame-jokes

And a historical perspective: https://www.vastcob.com/en/lexikon/boomer/

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Ibuthyr feddit.org Ibuthyr@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-08
#23 · Quote Reply

I also could have just said “how”. I wasn’t being an asshole just because somebody else didn’t understand something I did. I disagree, I have literally never heard “boomer humor” or “boomer” applied in a positive light and a quick search is backing up my thinking on that.

Well, now you have.

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