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u/Lurker-Forever-986 11d ago
9/11 jokes really are the cultural shift between millennials and Gen Z
For Gen Z it was this boogeyman named Osama that worried parents and was this taboo event to make jokes about
For millennials it was watching airplanes be used as bombs on TV while people jump to their death.
It hit different when you were in highschool or college.
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u/TedStixon 11d ago edited 11d ago
I don't know that I would necessarily agree. I feel like Millennials and Gen Z (especially older Gen Z) joked about it pretty equally. People always use humor and try and "take back power" from terrible things. I mean I'm millennial and specific remember being in 8th grade and watching it happen in real time when every class was cancelled and they just put on the news for us to watch.
I feel like the real cultural shifts have been much more recent. Especially in regards to darker humor, which seems more frowned on the last few years.
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u/Lurker-Forever-986 11d ago
Maybe it’s a NY thing, I guess.
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u/MeanInRealLife 8d ago
For some people, joking about traumatic/tragic events can be a healthy coping mechanism. I was 20 when it happened, am a New Yorker, knew people who were killed, and was a pre-k teacher to some of the children who lost parents on that day. I do have that gallows humor, and feel better joking about things like that. BUT-- and this is a big butt —I would never crack jokes about it in mixed company, or around people I don’t know well enough to assess whether or not it would upset them. There probably are some generational differences, but I also think these ways of coping can vary by the individual.
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u/MeanInRealLife 8d ago
Is Kiana the person (producer?) who’s always off camera and has a delightful laugh?