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Inside Gen X humor: The forgotten generation's wry comedy is quietly thriving online, and they don't care if you don't get the joke

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Gen X is sometimes dubbed "the forgotten generation" as they're wedged between baby boomers and millennials. Many of the early adopters of the internet fell into this generation, and its humor continues to thrive online. A common theme running throughout Gen X jokes is a "pride in how and when we grew up"

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Inside Gen X humor: The forgotten generation's wry comedy is quietly thriving online, and they don't care if you don't get the joke

Gen X humor is made up of nostalgic references to their upbringing.TikTok: @genxforreal216, @casiemichelle7, @genxbarclay The search term "generation x humor" has 756 million views on TikTok. Internet jokes and memes regularly reference their independent upbringings and dated technology. Gen X comedian Karen Morgan told Insider their humor "is keenly observational and nostalgic." The internet has become a generational battleground of late, as va…

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INSIDER broke the news in United States on Saturday, November 4, 2023.
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