• Flying Squid
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    67 months ago

    Yeah, things were so much less politically correct in- *checks notes* 2005.

    What the fuck are you talking about?

    • @postmateDumbass
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      17 months ago

      People could still laugh at themselves, and people still recognized absurdity for what it was.

      • Flying Squid
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        37 months ago

        People still laugh at themselves now. People still recognize absurdity for what it is. Go watch a show like Abbott Elementary.

        • @postmateDumbass
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          17 months ago

          I have seen that show, and it was good, but alao focused to meet network standards that evolve glacially.

          Its not standup.

          • Flying Squid
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            47 months ago

            Sorry… you think shows in 2005 weren’t focused? Really? I don’t know what golden age of comedy you think 2005 was, but it wasn’t one.

            • @postmateDumbass
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              7 months ago

              Chapelle Show, Its Always Sunny, several others from this very thread. Yes golden comedy was happening in 2005.

              Even the Bill Burr Philly Rant is from 2006.

              Good shit.

              Edit: and Tough Crowd had just ended. Sadly.

              • Flying Squid
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                27 months ago

                This really sounds like you just don’t like comedy of today. Because it’s moved on without you. Sorry, grandpa.

                • @smooth_tea
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                  17 months ago

                  That’s quite the hollow argument. To first deny that comedy changed and then state that it’s just moved on to something they don’t like and then insult them for it. I think you’re really undermining your own argument by conflating the evolution of comedy with the tendency to clean it up because we are no longer supposed to offend anyone while handing out participation trophies.

                  You’re free to deny this is happening, but maybe you’re just too young to notice it, kiddo.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    17 months ago

                    When did I deny comedy had changed? It hasn’t changed. I’m saying that 2005 wasn’t some golden era where things were so much less politically correct. It’s because I’m not young that I know this. I grew up with Family Ties and Alf. I remember Don’t tell me TV was more edgy in the past. I’m old, I’m just not naïve.