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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Gen-X here. Can confirm that "virgin", " nerd", and "" were preferred punch lines by the boomers.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also judging people for having a harmless hobby that doesn’t conform to their world view.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

By millenials still early 2000s, and you have to add ethnic slurs on that list

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

We watched an old episode of friends for nostalgia recently and the whole punchline of the entire episode was “yeah but you kissed a dude”.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Wasn't nerd still common bullying word in 80' and 90'? Then nerds became the richest people with the internet and it doesn't work anymore.