#Humor

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

Man Bean Dad is indicative of a broader trend regarding Gen X humor as performed by white cis het dudes and its reliance on tired tropes and "shock value" and

Michelle Cowan

michelleccowan

Hot take: Culture conveys moms as martyrs by packaging the ‘overwhelm’ of child rearing in humor/sarcasm. The default belief being individualism is best and glorified. Truth: My kids cause me

aprotim

aprotim

Can we talk for a moment about how a reputation for "stretching the truth", "taking artistic license", or "heightening for effect" can help cover for abusive behavior?To start off, let

Keith Olbermann

KeithOlbermann

Since we’re quoting one of my heroes George Carlin today, you can’t tell, but I am shaking throughout the interview we did in October 23, 2007. Starts with RW umbrage

kevin m nye

kevinmnye1

I will never not be grateful that I lived through the golden age of memes - perhaps humor’s finest hourhttps://twitter.com/oldmemearchive/status/1358858415502721028 *zero sarcasm* I mean this with all my heart Ok

Amy

amymelissaestes

I’ve been teaching satire writing for a few months now through @SecondCityChiTC & I’ve been writing satire for awhile. I often find myself giving the same advice, so I thought

Lloyd Evans

cedarsjwsurvey

1/3 I’m not against mocking religion. I’ve done a fair bit of it myself over the years and I happen to believe that abusive, manipulative ideologies in particular need to

FriendlyVoid🔮🏳️‍🌈✝️🕊🐬🏴

FriendlierVoid

A Brief Recollection On The History of Trolling & It's Consequences, a thread in 7 tweets: In the early days of the internet, a low userbase in community forums created

Kara Bowdit

KaraBowdit

F is for Family is probably the most undersung Netflix original but golly is it good. I knows exactly what it’s depicting and it doesn’t sugarcoat it or try to

The Belladonna

The_Belladonnas

Hey all! Welcome back to Tuesday Tips! This week we’re tackling what the Belladonna Managing Editors refer to as the ‘Guess What Assholes’ voice. Not sure what we’re talking about?

Positivity ✨ Mindset ✨ Writing ✨

positivejournlr

Being positive doesn't come naturalIt's something you need to work on each day, the same way you train your body at the gymThankfully, there are lots of ways to keep

mike

mpharjo77

So what is the meaning of life? There's a purpose and an answer. It's the journey we all share and traverse. We grow, we wither, we learn, we teach. The

Matt Alt

Matt_Alt

It's time to celebrate a pivotal moment in online culture (which is to say, modern culture): the 20th anniversary of the very first Internet meme: “All your base are belong

jules rylan ✡︎

radiantbutch

cw uncensored ableist slurremembering the kids in elementary school who used to call me “fat gay and stupid” in that order, which is still scarily spot on coping with humor

«Sam•Forsythe»

poly_metis

can't wait for an AI to go completely insane because researchers try to get it to understand memes My most low-effort but strongly held take on memes is that they

Andrea Greene Myers

hahabirdpumpkin

People don't like hard truths. How many posts have I seen that say, "I don't know anyone in the KKK, do you??" My great-grandpa was, and he died when I

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