• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Gen-X here. Can confirm that “virgin”, " nerd", and “<homophobic slur>” were preferred punch lines by the boomers.

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      I get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is “wife bad”, this sounds more like something a self-described “alpha male” would say.

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        “Bullying and sex-shaming funny” is just as much of a boomer humor cliché as “wife bad”, though.

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    I regularly flew kites from the campus yard in college (many moons ago). It was just something I had enjoyed doing with my mother who had died during my senior year of high school. I was never called a virgin for it, but I did get laid a lot thanks to it. It’s a wholesome conversation starter plus I think it made me approachable. Thanks mom.