The number of Monty Python jokes where a man wanting to be a woman was the butt of the joke is staggering. The entire culture treated it as an absurdity - not just that a man thought he might become a woman, but that he would even want to.
Whether someone can agree that Monty Python's comedy is funny and timeless or not is a litmus test of their sense of humor. I fart in the general direction of anyone who thinks it hasn't aged well.
It was largely absurdist and surrealist humour, its unexpected nature and surprising nonsensical shifts were a large part of what made it funny. It is therefore dramatically less funny on repeat watchings, and people chanting 'ni' for the 10,000th time have missed the point entirely, the only humour to be found there is noticing in how far they have missed the point of it.
While a few of their points and critiques remain relevant today, its unending and ceaseless repetition in memes and quotes only serves to undermine it.
Hey, "Brave Sir Robin ran away" will always be funny. And so will "look at the bones!" There's lots of stuff amongst the utterly unexpected absurdity that's still funny.
Most humor is like that. It's the unexpected twist that makes it funny. How many comedies really stand up to repeated viewings?
But agreed, making the most absurd bits mundane by repeating them endlessly does miss the point. It just becomes a case of, "say the thing!"
I suppose it depends on which segments we're talking about, but I was mainly triggered by some wokie on YouTube (who tries to be funny) complaining about "homophobia" and couching his wokism in the "Look, it's not I'm not offended, their humor just hasn't aged well." argument. He says that whenever someone tells a gay joke. "Ooof that's not gonna age well."
So long as there have been studies of philosophy and exploration of what could be, there have likely been questions of what defines different parts of humanity, including sex. Of course it was taught.
The recent issue is acceptance of false realities. That a declaration or feelings make someone something he is not. Now that they can artificially obtain hormones and mutilate themselves to look the part in silhouette, we should accept that as "good enough" and agree "that man is a woman."
16 minutes of pure rage. And these are the people who made London what it is now.
Black woman with obvious non-British accent: "These school lunches are unacceptable. I want my kid to eat plantain! I want my kid to have an African diet!"
THEN TAKE YOUR FAT ASS BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM.
The number of Monty Python jokes where a man wanting to be a woman was the butt of the joke is staggering. The entire culture treated it as an absurdity - not just that a man thought he might become a woman, but that he would even want to.
Whether someone can agree that Monty Python's comedy is funny and timeless or not is a litmus test of their sense of humor. I fart in the general direction of anyone who thinks it hasn't aged well.
It can't age* well
It was largely absurdist and surrealist humour, its unexpected nature and surprising nonsensical shifts were a large part of what made it funny. It is therefore dramatically less funny on repeat watchings, and people chanting 'ni' for the 10,000th time have missed the point entirely, the only humour to be found there is noticing in how far they have missed the point of it.
While a few of their points and critiques remain relevant today, its unending and ceaseless repetition in memes and quotes only serves to undermine it.
Hey, "Brave Sir Robin ran away" will always be funny. And so will "look at the bones!" There's lots of stuff amongst the utterly unexpected absurdity that's still funny.
Most humor is like that. It's the unexpected twist that makes it funny. How many comedies really stand up to repeated viewings?
But agreed, making the most absurd bits mundane by repeating them endlessly does miss the point. It just becomes a case of, "say the thing!"
I suppose it depends on which segments we're talking about, but I was mainly triggered by some wokie on YouTube (who tries to be funny) complaining about "homophobia" and couching his wokism in the "Look, it's not I'm not offended, their humor just hasn't aged well." argument. He says that whenever someone tells a gay joke. "Ooof that's not gonna age well."
So long as there have been studies of philosophy and exploration of what could be, there have likely been questions of what defines different parts of humanity, including sex. Of course it was taught. The recent issue is acceptance of false realities. That a declaration or feelings make someone something he is not. Now that they can artificially obtain hormones and mutilate themselves to look the part in silhouette, we should accept that as "good enough" and agree "that man is a woman."
No, OP. Britain has a long history of poking fun at men in dresses. It's part of their Christmas Pantomime culture and generally part of their humour.
The Loony Left, a 60 Minutes segment from ~1983.
16 minutes of pure rage. And these are the people who made London what it is now.
THEN TAKE YOUR FAT ASS BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM.