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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Call me insensitive, but as someone who experienced 9/11 as an adult, being able to enjoy actual funny jokes that reference the attack is kind of refreshing, especially jokes created by the generation born after it happened.

    I have nothing concrete to base this on, but my observation is this:

    • A 9/11 joke written by someone who lived through it is more likely to be about 9/11

    • a 9/11 joke written by someone born after it happened is more likely to use 9/11 to punctuate a joke about something else

    Either way, I find the latter group funnier.









  • modifier@lemmy.catomovies@lemm.ee[Meme] Which movie was this for you?
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    11 days ago

    Not as extreme as the case in the OP, but I’m often surprised how “meh” a reaction Don’t Look Up got. Maybe people think it was heavy handed? Too on the nose? I don’t know but most folks seem to think it was at best merely “okay”.

    For me, I place it next to Idiocracy as one of the most prescient films about what is in store for us. I think after this last election day, it seems even more prescient. On top of that, it is legitimately funny with really good performances, especially from Jennifer Lawrence.