Is deprecating humour a '90s thing?

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Putting people down feels more awkward than it used to. Like there's no place for that kind of thing anymore.

― Adamdrome Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

the place is here and now smartie-pants.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)

your right, it is awkward.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not taking crap from anyone named fucking Adamdrome Crankypants, bitch!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post stole my obvious joke :(

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

It's an 1890s thing.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

like debauchery and pipe smoking.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

not at the same time though.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought those were 1980's things!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

thats heroin and guns.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

again, not at the same time. Proved by one Kurt Cobain in the 1990s.

(he killed himself)

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, it is totally passe to make fun of anything.

look, just listen don't criticise...

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Looking on ILX for examples of cultural trends is like shopping for books at a Burger King.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)

we've all tried it though.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 2 January 2005 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, i think it is a 90s thing. i think its partially related to a shift rightwards in aesthetics, re 'counter-culture', linked with emo, prissyness, 'hand-wringing', liberalism etc. i dont see it making any kind of return soon either. doesnt fit with the independently focussed, laissez faire strong minded aesthetic of today.

― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 2 January 2005 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i read this as "depreciating humour."

― we call them pirates out here (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 2 January 2005 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe it's a 90s thing to be self-aware of it, or to take the distance between you and the thing your making fun of so seriously. That said, this is the timless essence of humor itself. 90s or no.

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure I understand the question - can we have some examples of 90s deprecating humour??

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

http://pied.nu/banned/the_Dilbert_Hole/08.gif

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 3 January 2005 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the asker is asking if SELF-deprecating humor is a 90's thing. Because most humor is deprecating of something or someone. That's what makes it funny.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

.. like Andy "the diceman" Clay ? (he was 80s though wannhe?)

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/ce/sept/sarahsilverman_150x207.jpg

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/c/j/cjc244/images/george.jpg

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-44676/perrypic.gif

― Allyzay Needs Legs More (allyzay), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

That's not humour - that's just walking into a room and going "Oh.. My.. God!" or saying "Well hello!" after someone's said anything. Ever.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Looking on ILX for examples of cultural trends is like shopping for books at a Burger King.

I misread that as "boobs".

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The ultra massive all-in contest of "You Are Gay"

Is this what y'all are talking about?

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 January 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 3 January 2005 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Hari - that's the second best parenthetical ever!

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 3 January 2005 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

[Mike Figgis won the best one ever for a photography exhibition of his that I saw. One of the photos was a very sexy nude. Figgis had written on the cardboard frame the following:

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Photo Shoot
(The table is 14th Century.)

To which I went: "There was a table in the picture?"

Sure enough, she was seated on a very-obvious table.]

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 3 January 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the asker is asking if SELF-deprecating humor is a 90's thing.

Nope, I definitely mean deprecating humour. As in putting down another person quite harshly in the pursuit of humour, and assuming the other person will get it because it's the 90s [as was de rigueur in the '90s]. The problem is, it's not the '90s anymore and deprecating humour is a bit stale, so the whole exercise just feels wrong.

― Adamdrome Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Garofalo just ain't cool anymore, I guess.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 3 January 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry for misinterpreting you there, adam, but as noted above, nearly all humor from all time periods is deprecating (at least by the dictionary definition of the word).

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

So wait, is the question asking whether or not deprecating humor is "over" in the zeros or whether or not it was exclusive to the 90s.

Because the answer to either one is "No, you fucking moron."

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned still likes deprecating humor. He laughs like the big no-sideburn-having freak that he is every time I point out how stupid someone is.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha Martin!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry for misinterpreting you there, adam, but as noted above, nearly all humor from all time periods is deprecating (at least by the dictionary definition of the word).

True. I think I meant in the Seinfeld sense.

― Adamdrome Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Seinfeld sense of the word "humor" or the Seinfeld sense of the word "deprecating?" (Seriously.)

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, both I guess, but more 'deprecating' than 'humour.'

― Adamdrome Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Seinfeld definitely ended in the 90s, though it continues to be shown in reruns and may find a new audience thanks to the resurgence of WATCHING TV ALL DAY IN YOUR UNDERPANTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 5 January 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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