This Twitter User Notices How Millennials Put A Stop To Some Old Stupid Jokes From Previous Generations, Starts A Discussion Online
Sometimes it is indeed hard to see eye to eye with people from different generations. How many times have you disagreed with what your grandparents or parents told you? Or find things that no longer make sense because of how much times have changed? Many people might feel nostalgic about certain things, but a lot can agree that some things are changing for the better. For example, the way people treat each other and feel freer to talk about sensitive topics and scary taboos.
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It’s always been interesting to see how different generations express their views on different things
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This Twitter user @lauren_wilford started a discussion by writing a post that says millennials are getting rid of or not even understanding old jokes about how people hate their spouses. She emphasized that this “genre” was once one of the most common types of jokes. She agreed that “cultural norms around marriage, adulthood, and divorce changed” and now we don’t hear that much of these jokes talking about horrible men and wives. Other users agreed that it is quite surprising to hear people complaining about their significant other, even though they have the right to be with who they want to be with. One of the interesting views pointed out was that millennials have not been in their marriages long enough to honestly comment on the situation. Also, it was stated that by making these jokes, people don’t actually think that their marriage is bad, it’s just that they are being honest about things not being perfect all the time.
A Twitter user started a discussion on how millennials no longer tell or understand old degrading jokes from the “‘I hate my spouse’ genre”
Relationships and marriage are not the only things that younger generations see differently
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The post that got 223.3 likes and received 1.5k comments shows how Generation Y is changing its mind about things like marriage and relationships. We live in times when there is an opportunity around every corner and Gen Y is considering that by not rushing into serious commitments with their significant other. Taking time to find the right person and living together before the marriage, signing prenups, and being smart about possible divorce is a common practice these days. It is stated that people are becoming more individual and maybe this is one of the ways how this individuality is expressed. Or maybe the concept of “not having time” made people realize that they don’t want to spend their time with someone they don’t want to be with, and so they’d rather than be alone than with “the old ball and chain.”
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Some comments stated that humor is usually used as a coping mechanism that actually hides difficult situations and sad truths
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Other important topics that were mentioned and discussed by other Twitter users that are no longer used as material for jokes but are seen as actual problems that people face for a really long time are child abuse and rape. One Twitter user was happy to see that the youngest generations are “normalizing consent.” When such intimidating matters are presented as jokes, it only means one thing: that there are some huge problems in that “area” and that people should start talking about it rather than hiding behind this kind of humor.
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Bored Panda already covered an article about thoughts on marriage where people were sharing quite common things about weddings and marriage that don’t actually seem logical or necessary. Maybe making fun of your spouse and the whole sacred marriage matter should be one of those things that soon will be hardly understandable?
What kind of things do you find not funny that should be “killed”? Don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments down below!
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Back in a time when you were socially pressured to get married by the time you were 22, and if you accidentally got someone pregnant... you got married. And divorce was NOT allowed. Well it makes perfect sense that people ended up in marriages that they hated and regretted. By the time someone was middle aged, they had literally spent half of their life married to someone that they wouldn't have married if they were given the choice.
Totally agree. That was going to be my comment. My aunt married my uncle when she was 17. They had a happy marriage (I lived with them for a couple of years), but I can't even begin to think of all the changes I've made since I was 17. What if you just don't like each other as you grow as people and parents? As you said, divorce was a major NO, as well as counselling. I think the "I hate my wife/husband" jokes came as a way of slamming your partner, just to get rid of some frustration. I know there were happy marriages, but some...not so great.
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I can certainly understand the humor not aging well and it's perfectly ok to shift in a new direction. :) Just for those that may not understand: I grew up around that type of humor, and it often meant more that the parents loved each other a lot. They were the sort that were comfortable making jokes at the others expense because it was their way of trusting each other, by being comfortable with the negative aspects of their spouse and inferring that they were not genuinely unhappy, because if they were they wouldn't joke about it.
My husband and I joke a lot. If it's a serious comment, the tone totally changes.
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The first comment reply (Evan Arnett) absolutely nails it. Humour is used as a way to identify and defuse bad situations - make light of it first, then think deeply about it later. He's also absolutely right that boomers were among the first to be able to say they were unhappily married and doing what was expected of them. Remember - boomers' parents were born not long after the turn of the century; for a frame of reference, that's Teddy Roosevelt or the Edwardian era (US & UK reference only, sorry), and boomers came of age in the 60s and were able to properly rebel against the beliefs and values their parents knew and instilled in them. Boomers were the Millennials of their day.
This. I really don't like the "hate" thrown towards 'Boomers'. I'm genX, I guess, and so obviously my parents are 'boomers'. Maybe even earlier in my father's case (don't know the exact time-line, but I think it's a pretty long 'generation'). And I don't understand how people can be so dismissive of THEIR accomplishments! Without "Boomers", there would be no feminism. The idea to protect the environment bloomed in the 70s and 80s - no millenials in sight! All the accomplisments of the millenials are built on the work of the people that went before them, and all the work of gen x is built on the people that went before THEM and so on. I think my dislike to Millenials and beyond is partly due to some vocal voices on the net claiming stuff as their own and pretending they are the best and nobody has ever been that amazing. Self-entitled little shits, those.
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Back in a time when you were socially pressured to get married by the time you were 22, and if you accidentally got someone pregnant... you got married. And divorce was NOT allowed. Well it makes perfect sense that people ended up in marriages that they hated and regretted. By the time someone was middle aged, they had literally spent half of their life married to someone that they wouldn't have married if they were given the choice.
Totally agree. That was going to be my comment. My aunt married my uncle when she was 17. They had a happy marriage (I lived with them for a couple of years), but I can't even begin to think of all the changes I've made since I was 17. What if you just don't like each other as you grow as people and parents? As you said, divorce was a major NO, as well as counselling. I think the "I hate my wife/husband" jokes came as a way of slamming your partner, just to get rid of some frustration. I know there were happy marriages, but some...not so great.
Load More Replies... I can certainly understand the humor not aging well and it's perfectly ok to shift in a new direction. :) Just for those that may not understand: I grew up around that type of humor, and it often meant more that the parents loved each other a lot. They were the sort that were comfortable making jokes at the others expense because it was their way of trusting each other, by being comfortable with the negative aspects of their spouse and inferring that they were not genuinely unhappy, because if they were they wouldn't joke about it.
My husband and I joke a lot. If it's a serious comment, the tone totally changes.
Load More Replies... The first comment reply (Evan Arnett) absolutely nails it. Humour is used as a way to identify and defuse bad situations - make light of it first, then think deeply about it later. He's also absolutely right that boomers were among the first to be able to say they were unhappily married and doing what was expected of them. Remember - boomers' parents were born not long after the turn of the century; for a frame of reference, that's Teddy Roosevelt or the Edwardian era (US & UK reference only, sorry), and boomers came of age in the 60s and were able to properly rebel against the beliefs and values their parents knew and instilled in them. Boomers were the Millennials of their day.
This. I really don't like the "hate" thrown towards 'Boomers'. I'm genX, I guess, and so obviously my parents are 'boomers'. Maybe even earlier in my father's case (don't know the exact time-line, but I think it's a pretty long 'generation'). And I don't understand how people can be so dismissive of THEIR accomplishments! Without "Boomers", there would be no feminism. The idea to protect the environment bloomed in the 70s and 80s - no millenials in sight! All the accomplisments of the millenials are built on the work of the people that went before them, and all the work of gen x is built on the people that went before THEM and so on. I think my dislike to Millenials and beyond is partly due to some vocal voices on the net claiming stuff as their own and pretending they are the best and nobody has ever been that amazing. Self-entitled little shits, those.
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