what makes gen z humor so interesting?

oliSUNvia September 7, 2021
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this topic was super interesting to me -- i think humour is very impactful and it's cool to see how it progresses! i forgot to talk about how gen z love to ironically use emojis and how random it has become because it's such a new phenomenon.... like why is 🤸 so funny!!! ✧・゚: *✧・゚:* i'd love to hear what you all have to say *:・゚✧*:・゚✧ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 intro (no more millennial gen z war pls) 2:30 irony lesson stolen from jreg 5:13 gen z's unique use of meta-irony 7:04 schrödinger's meme & meta-ironic personas 10:27 gen z vs. millennial absurdism 13:26 dark humour & nihilism 17:52 potential danger of meta-irony? ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ If you want extra ways to support my channel and get more content, check out my PATREON: patreon.com/oliSUNvia socials: ,, instagram: @olisunvia ,, tiktok: @olisunvia (v lame pls don't judge) FOR BUSINESS INQUIRIES: [email protected] ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ SOURCES: A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America (Ted Gournelos, Viveca Greene) On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-cusp-of-adulthood-and-facing-an-uncertain-future-what-we-know-about-gen-z-so-far-2/ Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/ What is the Age of Irony?: https://www.infobloom.com/what-is-the-age-of-irony.htm The Age Of Irony Comes To An End: http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1000893,00.html Why is Gen Z Humor So Weird? (Mister Sweet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVlspd9hxFA Coping with war and crisis through memes: https://www.vox.com/2020/1/17/21065113/world-war-3-memes-iran-2020-saleem-alhabash-interview Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect, and Depth after Postmodernism - Four Faces of Postirony (Robin van den Akker, Alison Gibbons, Timotheus Vermeulen) The Isolation & Absurdity of Gen Z Humor: http://culture.affinitymagazine.us/the-isolation-absurdity-of-gen-z-humor/?fbclid=IwAR0sx2TAVS5w6kMzE-5u9dhDLLKeT_bAc95VaIDcZqbFs2hseXcpzHHcViE What’s Up with Gen Z’s Quirky Social Humor?: https://www.millennialmarketing.com/2018/02/whats-up-with-gen-zs-quirky-social-humor/?fbclid=IwAR2C-mR405o65fk8KPqc0vBgGZvCBcoCog17egvxT3iHhIDy4NiXGFZsPxo The Shocking and Absurdist Humor of Gen Z: https://medium.com/@williamfmercado/the-shocking-and-absurdist-humor-of-gen-z-f3d6e363d42b The global events that separate Millennials from Generation Z: http://signpost.mywebermedia.com/2020/01/08/the-global-events-that-separate-millennials-from-generation-z/ Pre-Ironic Memes Retrospective: Understanding the Conception of Irony Cycles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MaBz9zcQA&list=PLbWx6qkTz6fSCqJ6zqw-doE1UDO1PAy_D&index=11&t=85s Eric Andre, Pioneer of Absurdist Humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5nwXyJn70&list=PLbWx6qkTz6fSCqJ6zqw-doE1UDO1PAy_D&index=10 Why Is Millennial Humor So Weird? 👀: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfWqiqKvSw&t=99s Post-Irony, Meta-Irony, and Post-Truth Satire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuSveDAlpI&t=620s tags: gen z humour, gen z humor, gen z memes, zoomers, gen z tiktok, tiktok, tiktok compilation, absurdity, absurdism, absurd humor, absurd memes, nihilism, nilhistic dark humor, millennial, millennial vs gen z, millennial humor, millennial memes, post irony, meta irony, ironic humor, cringe content, boomer, generation z, pov tiktoks, the age of irony, random quirky humor memes, reddit memes, twitter memes, tumblr memes, social commentary, internet analysis, social media

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