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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

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 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] jaaake@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

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 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 0 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Limerance@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lexx is a British-Canadian-German production.

[-] Limerance@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lexx was a British-German-Canadian production.

[-] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

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?

[-] Arcadeep@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

That would be pretty gay

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 0 points 3 weeks ago

Mibber

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

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks 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?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bruh, you ever known people born into generatiknal poverty?

You mean like the cast and writers of the show?

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