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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 157 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 91 points 2 weeks 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 59 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] jenings@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fyi all these videos in this playlist are deleted as of 22 of Feb at 2p est…

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Lexx was a British-German-Canadian production.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lexx is a British-Canadian-German production.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, the Occupation apologist? He was still justifying the concentration camps into season 5.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, and eventually he came around. He was never supposed to be perfect, but he grew, and that made him interesting.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks 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 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I havent watched LTT content in a while but I was watching that stream and Lukes face when Linus says that will live forever rent free in my head.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 7 points 2 weeks ago

That would be pretty gay

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are none of us in our 20s anymore.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

Who've you checked with? Boomers or Zoomers?

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bruh, you ever known people born into generatiknal poverty?

You mean like the cast and writers of the show?

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you have what I mean twisted. What life is like for people stuck in the poverty or trailer park cycle is not a universal experience and for all the people that do get it or do empathise and have an understanding that "this is a window into a world I'm not from presented in a humorous way" theres someone sitting there laughing thinking that the whole thing is a wild exaggeration, laughing at the idea that people are really like that or using it to confirm their own biases "the parts that confirm my biases are facts and the parts that dont are just entertainment"

Me hating the show isnt a commentary on its quality, the creators and cast should be very proud of it. I just cant stand to sit and watch it because some of it is too real to be funny as someone who also came up really fucking poor.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think I understand now. It's like you're personally bearing the gaze of outsiders who don't have the context to understand the situation they've found you in and mock it.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mibber

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