[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Ron Swanson is a character with a lot to say, I like him. I remember sharing him too, but there it was for a different quote.

I liked Parks and Recreation series, I wish we had more like that. Lately, we've not been getting as many workplace sitcoms. What We Do in the Shadows and Mythic Quest are about all I can remember...

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Comedy shows and movies seem to have become extinct. The ones that are still airing are a bit boring. I don't know if you have noticed some stand-up comedians tend to make too many below-the-belt jokes. It's the same in movies and series. It's like they all ran out of material.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Maybe not ran out but are afraid of backlash? Nowadays it is so easy to offend everyone that it is hard to joke about many things that were less taboo before. Which, to me, is a shame, and some comedians comment on this issue. But then there are those examples, like you said, that make below-the-belt jokes, I heard Ricky Gervais had that scandal last year, and those are the ones that make the rest of the comedians look bad and fuel the problem.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch The world is becoming crazier by the day. The cancel culture movement seems to be rife.

"I'm offended because you're offended therefore you must be cancelled."

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch I don't think it is about the backlash. In dire times there's naturally fewer people prone to laughing, and right now there's a lot of unrest in most of the world.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Saka Maybe, though it is rather a Soviet way to try and live through hardship through humor. Back in the day, there were a lot of jokes about government party incompetence, and even "stand-up comedians" of that time joked about some hardships of life from the stage. One could say it is during unrest when we need humor most of all.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot There are a few recent cases where people who were tried to be canceled managed to defend themselves, though, and more and more people say that canceling should not work the way it does now, but still, that jinn is out of the bottle now...

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch There are still shows or comics like this. The outlets have changed a bit, in some places it is exactly because of the political situation. Even in Europe there are countries where the TV or the newspapers are controlled by the governments, either directly or behind the scenes, unfortunately. I follow some satire accounts on Instagram.

[DoctorEldritch]

@Saka I prefer classic humor myself, not the one that satirizes current events, but a more general one focused on workplace comedy and the like instead. Something more light. But satirical commentary is good too on occasion.

[Saka]

@DoctorEldritch My SO has been watching a Finnish political satire from about twenty years ago and commented how things haven't changed at all. All the problems are still there, if not worse. The only real difference is the russophilia that was common back then, and all but gone now due to the war.