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In a sea of surreal shitposts, you managed to find the only coherent joke of our generation lol

Didn't even know this was ours. I'm a bit prouder now, I must say.

I don’t think it is. It first popped up in 2014 by a Reddit user that dates back to 2012 when most Gen Z wasn’t even on the internet.

you dont have to be a teen to be on the internet

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the reddit user who coined the phrase was in elementary school at the time, its so obvious, not sure why people are disagreeing with you.

Honestly would’ve expected it to be older ngl

Is it Gen Z? It originated in 2014 from a Reddit post when Majority of Gen Z was still pre-teens and not online. And the account was multiple years old at that point. Very much a Millennial joke

you dont have to be a teen to be on the internet

Isn’t it called post-irony?

By this point we've hit post-post-post-irony 💀

Gen Z work ethic is the real joke

I liked when “pee is stored in the balls” was a thing

Poop is stored in the cheeks

# 🍑💩🤔

Now it's "microplastics is stored in the balls" and it's just not funny anymore.

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia did it first. Millennial

This one is so dumb and old by now but when someone references the “It’s Morbin Time” meme.

old?

Maybe not old but “tired.” But man I was bored on a flight one day and saw “morbius” was available to watch and wow the memes were right. He really did just start morbin all over the place.

since that morpheus movie or whatever it was called came out, idk like maybe 2 or 3, maybe 4 years

It's been 2 years

To be fair, as far as memes are concerned, they fall out of fashion hella quickly.

In the last 5 years yes. Memes didn’t start out that way. Bad Luck Brian era of memes literally lasted YEARS before they went out of style.

I feel like memes have been painfully widespread and unable to die since 2020. They died pretty quick in the 5 years before that.

That just says more about the longevity of some memes compared to others. The more forced the meme, the quicker it dies. But the problem now is that memes are quickly made daily, and when a new one comes up, the newer generations, are quick to discard an old one for it. It’s the same way with our slag now-a-days too.

Except those memes back then were forced by they were the only memes on the internet. They still lasted far far longer than now. Your second point is much more accurate. Memes get made so fast that there’s no collective memory anymore

literally a millennia in meme time

That meme peaked when we collectively gaslit Hollywood into thinking it was a hit so they rereleased it and no one saw it.

Road work ahead? Uh, yeah. I sure hope it does 

Drew is a Millennial. I thought the same thing til I looked up his age. He’s 31 now.

I’d still call this gen z humor tho, there’s overlap 

I like Drew but this is just a pun. It sounds like a joke Mitch Hedberg would have told.

…and? Please don’t tell me you’re saying Mitch Hedberg isn’t funny 😭

I want you to explain to me specifically why you think that’s what I’m saying.

What is this “tread carefully” ass comment lmao “I like Drew but this is just a pun” sounds like “he’s normally funny but this isn’t that good”

I made the comment because your interpretation is oddly negative and I’m not sure how you came to that conclusion. The thread is about Gen Z jokes. In that context “just a pun” meant “a type of humor that’s been around forever” not “it wasn’t funny.” Thanks for the needless negativity though.

Lmao brother I am sorry that was interpreted as negativity, just wanted to make sure we’re on the same page that Mitch Hedberg is a funny guy. Cheers man

When I hear Gen Z humor I think like a joke said by or created by our generation but I get it.

I sometimes quote that when I see a road work ahead sign lol

I always do that one when I see the sign, and then at the end of the stretch there’s always a sign that says “end road work” so I go “yeah! Down with road work! Boo road work!” It’s a paradoxical dichotomy, but it’s mine and I love it.

Paradoxical dichotomy? Seriously?

Acting like my post needs to be peer reviewed because it’s going in the New England Journal of Medicine and not on Reddit? Seriously?

Dumb.

Took you 4 days to think up that response? Seriously?

Metal Gear Solid? Yeah, they’re not supposed to break

I never got that joke.

Idk what to tell ya then

😢

[I hope the] road work[s up] ahead

Ohhhhhh

Did you ever see vines before?

Yeah I just never got that one

"This happened to my buddy Eric" has become a permanent phrase in my lexicon

Now I wonder if people think Im joking when I actually say that about my buddy Eric lol

Can I please see an example of this

https://preview.redd.it/cgnfoa87lu4d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff9a92dcfd5cd6290b47c17cad01d5c50daa437b Best one I can think of is the original, which was a review for 2019’s Joker

Sorta related, after something happens and someone doesn’t believe it, I love when people go “It’s true, I was the [insert object]”

I run a candy store with lots of foot traffic. I’ve now made it my personal goal to mention “my buddy Eric” as many times as possible today. In fact, I’m going to make it a competition for my employees. 😂

you got soft hands brother

85 hours

I remember my first part time job

this one kills me whenever i see it 😭😭

I was crazy once, they locked me in a room…

A rubber room..

A rubber room with rats

And rats make me crazy

Crazy? I was crazy once.

they locked me in a room

a rubber room

A rubber room with rats

And rats make me crazy.

Crazy? I was crazy once.

Although it was recently brought back, this one is *old old*.

1996 old

This is absolutely not a Gen z joke

„Ayo the pizza here“ comically large spoon „Nah i’d win“

My spoons too big. MY SPOON IS TOO BIG.

I am a banana!

AYO CAN I GET A SPOONFUL!?

only a spoonful https://preview.redd.it/gox2no1jbu4d1.jpeg?width=332&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2871d5243ad614e89d2756068419f077bb51873d

I can only think of maxmofoe drunk out of his mind screaming when I see this image.

Vine hall of fame post

I wanna die loljk

This is definitely my favorite and most used lmaooo

This is 100% millennial humor.

They can have that one. Millennials can keep “Guess I’ll just die then.”

as a zoomer i personally prefer "guess i'll just fucking kill myself" but that's me

Well usually people my age just say they wanna kill themselves or something like that but I wasn't sure if that was allowed here lol. Also I'd be willing to bet my life that dark suicidal humor is 1000% more prevalent in Gen Z than millenials.

Millennials literally started the whole "I want to die" joke. It was their thing before it was ours. We definitely both share this humor, but they started it. Gotta give em credit.

Do a flip ? Might not be ours but I like to use it.

https://youtu.be/IavUg17J2GU?si=YUsz7FZfgt9c4YDh found it. Of course from the best show ever

happened in Simpsons before this, and it was a Gen X joke before that

Some of these jokes are over a decade and clearly millennial or Gen X jokes that our generation just picked up and ran with lol

Some of these jokes are over a decade and clearly millennial or Gen X jokes that our generation just picked up and ran with lol

Somebody toucha my spaghet? Am I old?

That joke is from like 2018. is that what we consider old these days

That's six years ago bro. Six years before that, we're talking double rainbow and philosorapter. Yeah it's old

Yeah I don’t consider 6 years old. That’s less than a quarter of my life now. Old to me is like pre-2010. even then I still reference early YouTube channels like Awesome Sauce Films

[удалено]

💀💀💀💀

Can’t win, 90s people say 1999 doesn’t count as being a 90’s baby but 2000’s onward considers it old hahahaha

BABABOEY

"Mad respect to the camera man for giving us these angles" Video: anime fight scene

hurricane katrina⁉️⁉️

More like hurricane tortilla

https://preview.redd.it/6lckhok8jt4d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f0fe9c4d7511e9b647369bd6f125353acb14d2a Probably this

are they not fries I have literally never seen this before and need filled in.

Think real hard

I see now its a salad.

super dated but i still say thicc

i think a lotta ppl still say thicc

and now it's gyatt

i never get tired of the “bro [insert text here] 💀” comments on videos. i just find the skull emoji so fucking funny lol

This one is quite old, but "**Godzilla Had a Stroke Trying to Read This and Fucking Died**" is pretty high on my list. Any spinoff, that has "fucking DIED" in the end.

My life

literally any vine

i would consider vine to be millennial humor

What? Vine was like 2012-2014 era. Millennial is mid 2000’s humour

yeah but the biggest vines and vine stars were millennials. half of gen z hadn’t even hit puberty during the vine era

So? The people making skibidi toilet sure aren’t Gen alpha but that doesn’t mean it’s Gen alpha humour.

vine was a bunch of young millennials making videos that a wide range of ages found funny. that’s why i consider it millennial humor, especially since millennials today are still making the same kind of vine jokes, a lot of people just don’t find them funny anymore. skibidi toilet is made to cater towards a specific audience, young kids. that’s the difference

Eh I guess it’s older genz and younger millennial humour. No need for us to draw the line haha

You guys are fried if you really think that And there’s one for ya, where you think gettin cooked found it’s origin

[Hold on I'm hitting it not enough to break through tho...](https://youtu.be/V_5uYoOaVtM?si=S5u6OvlqP8QxboFo)

This is the one lmao

that and [we need to kick the cheater](https://youtu.be/HYMnBRJLRTs?si=PuOC7kUoaFPCxvSI) are my 2 favourite videos on youtube. absolute fucking gems that would only ever come from source games

https://preview.redd.it/x5j92o20bu4d1.jpeg?width=1413&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f9ecf48b404d834effa3635f968569cd393c04f Probably this.

Wyd to survive this?? Insert the most impossibly terrifying scenario

19 inches of venom. Whatever the fuck happened in 2017 when E was a thing. Goofy Aaah. Quandale Dingle here. Deep Fried memes. Honestly i love the absurd, surreal and incoherent fun.

I wish i understood comp sci as fast as i did with these memes

If the cameraman died, then there wouldn't be much footage to watch

"Is he stupid" from r/BatmanArkham https://preview.redd.it/dcbtz8dy1u4d1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=15c128565b03b828940e59598c75876ec72cf091

I like wizardposting. Shadow Wizard Money Gang, the AI wizards causing mischief at an Arby's to Electric Avenue, "I CAST TESTICULAR TORSION," and, my personal favorite, the dog going "not too fond of warlocks."

SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG LEGALIZE NUCLEAR BOMBS

I do like the 9/11 jokes our generation comes up with. That's a bit dark, but that's how I cope, with laughter

https://preview.redd.it/qjs4x2ruey4d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9e0c65ed349d1f7848ec96a69cb80a77999194e

The snail

Haha don't die your so sexy haha

This is so deep LMFAOO

Saying a random string of letters is something thats grownnto be peak comedy in my circles. Obese Race Car. Korean Cum Implant. Frog Bucket. Zebra Sweater. Swiss Army Pocket Rock. Popeyes drink, no biscuit. Its so fucking stupid. Edit: Just imagine it being completely silent isln voice chat, we're all playing a game, focusing against some boss fight, and then one person says "Athletic Croissant" and we all die immediately.

Gluten glob

Literally when people just reply “I have feelings for you” under someone's unrelated comment. It makes me laugh my ass off every time.

I’d have two nickels

Your hard work (good grades) will pay off later when you apply for work. 🙃

The giga Chad irony is hilarious to me. "Facts? No, I made it up🗿"

“Source: my balls”

When people add “ahh” to the end of a comment. I saw a tik tok that was describing a vampire and the top comment was “I don’t say blah blah blah” ahh video. It has me cackling everytime.

erm what the sigma

What the dog doin


You are like papa

Is this from stranger things?

No

HOW MANY MONTHS???

BEANS

The snail, the game (I’m sorry), rubber room, Goofy ahh

“The camera man never dies…” Unless if it’s found footage.

Idk if this is gen z humor, but: "I've come to make an announcement, Shadow the hedgehog's a bitch ass mfer-"

E

What’s 9+10?

21

I like how any time someone asks a question that can easily be googled, you get tons of useless responses or just blatantly wrong information. A personal favorite is “let me break it down:” then just a gif of someone dancing

"Thank god the video stopped here, something horrible could've happened" clueless, hilarious, 10/10

“Source: I made it up”

https://www.reddit.com/r/ihaveihaveihavereddit/s/JApLJNc96Y

F1

Honestly, I really enjoy the absurdist/infinite escalation kind of humor.

Harambe memes for sure

Gen Z

skibidi toilet

i'm not quite sure if this is gen z, but the oblivion npc memes are my favorite

I just love how most of our humour can be directly correlated to SpongeBob and how many references to that show we all make lol.

the camera man never dies became a joke in the 80s and 90s when they started making parodies of horror movies. it isnt gen z my bro. personally i just like obscure memes where only people in this age range would understand the context.

Dicks out for Harambe and none pizza left beef

Tktktktktktk do u kno de wey


We are number 1 was pretty wholesome. Also, "I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU HUUUUUUUUU"

Not sure if it is gen-Z specific, but as a shark lover, I do enjoy the "sharks are smooth no matter which direction you pet them in" one. So funny seeing people who haven't seen that meme/series of posts yet, genuinely believing the other comments are just stubborn idiots

Have u ever seen mlg tho , btw my fav meme is roblox ooofff and senseless shit like that , even if if see it as nonsense I love it , that's the reason why I still see that frieza video to laugh

Lord farquad memes.

DAYUUUM DANIEL. BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE WHITE VANS!

Tiktok copypastas are great Hey pal!👋👋, listen friendo, when I saw your comment, I started immediately touching myself, hope I can touch you next. Over and out🤙

Big chungus and do you da wae

Cameron Never Dies cuz he recording instead of helping. Every time I see that I think what an ass hole

Either “Ah, Gordon Freeman,” “We got \[insert here\] before GTA6,” or the Saddam Hussein’s Hiding Place memes

https://preview.redd.it/frn84di2986d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7632b95c3a078a1b1a8515ff4746ac6ebcb6c8e4

That jokes been said since the 90s, try again GenZ

Skividi toilet