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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 142 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

Early 2000s entertainment too. A good portion of the edgy jokes could be considered funny because they were made on the assumption that "We can laugh about this, because we all know racism and sexism is bad, right?".

And then 2015ish happened and it became obvious that a lot of people weren't laughing AT the -isms but rather WITH.

EDIT: Which slur did Ross use, BTW? I haven't watched that show in eons, and I don't remember any.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Thats the same reason I hate Trailer Park Boys.

So much of it is laughing at the poors. I know people who are so sheltered and middleclass they think "LoL can you imagine if people lived like this"

Bruh, you ever known people born into generatiknal poverty?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 81 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Round of applause to Deep Space 9 for holding up after all these years, half that station was bi at the very least.

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 56 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

The alternate universe on that show was the horniest thing in TV for decades.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I see you never watched Farscape and its BDSM space muppets.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 14 hours ago

There is absolutely no inaccuracy in that description of that frelling show.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

It doesn't matter who you are, Evil Kira wants you lol

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Horniest? I mean, DS9 did run concurrently with Lexx...

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Never heard of this before. Google tells me it was only available in the US on Showtime and later the SciFi channel, neither of which I had access to.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

it’s on YouTube for free

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVMGCh7sZUjUiCdLnH2koZbTpTM5wp9m

Season 2 is peak Lexx

It’s one of my favorite tv shows.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It was even licensed and translated for broadcast in other countries, but I concur that Lexx is a bit obscure one

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago

Lexx was a British-German-Canadian production.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 3 points 12 hours ago

Lexx is a British-Canadian-German production.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 30 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Season 1 Bashir probably needed an HR meeting abput his continued sexual advances on Jadzia.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Thats why we have Garak

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

Don't worry, Garak was working on fixing him.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 39 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

haven't seen friends but as someone familiar with the zeitgeist it's almost certainly "retarded"

which was also all over adult swim at the time and is recently having its renaissance

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 31 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

I've noticed that lately. It went from being everywhere to nowhere and now it's creeping back up. I'll be honest here, I miss the word but if it's hurting that many people who haven't done anything then you're a fucking piece of shit if you use it.

I was rooting for the "gay" renaissance where people talked about how gay everything was but changed it to mean awesome instead of shitty.

[–] Arcadeep@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

That would be pretty gay

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that this is just how millennials talked in high school and we're entering into that "old person stops caring" phase of life about now?

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

There are none of us in our 20s anymore.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Last time I checked old didn't cover 30s+ even 50+ is still middle aged.

Who've you checked with? Boomers or Zoomers?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I was rooting for the “gay” renaissance where people talked about how gay everything was but changed it to mean awesome instead of shitty.

wait you too?

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Absolutely. I'm still rooting for it but it seems to be kind of petering out here.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 10 hours ago

Mibber

I..I fear the purity bot. Please don't take my face.