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Originally posted by Undertoad
So I think that when younger folk make jokes today they are indicating a togetherness that comes from disrespecting the taboo, acknowledging both the silliness of it and, in a way, noticing that the taboo is no longer so important because many of the root causes are solved.
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Kinda. I think so. I hope so.
I don't really get out much, but within the limited group of people that I know, that's the modus operandi of most of our humor; we rely on our established cluon-level to indicate to the people around us that our imitation of stupid things really is only for the sake of mockery.
I'm not so sure that this is really the case for all of 'my generation', though. Homophobia seems remarkably alive and well, considering how many people use 'gay', 'homo', and 'fag[got]' as synonyms for 'bad', 'moron', 'general_negativity', etc.
--Sk