Yeah, a dark sense of humor is a pretty common coping mechanism for millennials and gen Z, although gen Z tends to be more nihilistic (and rightly so considering the state of the world)
“But flippancy is the best of all. In the first place it is very economical. Only a clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk as if virtue were funny. Among flippant people the joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. If prolonged, the habit of Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy that I know, and it is quite free from the dangers inherent in the other sources of laughter.
It is a thousand miles away from joy: it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practise it.”
It's a TV show. No idea what a "FRIENDS list" is, though. Episode list? IMDb cast sheet? I guess the gang did get pretty dark sometimes, but dementia seems a stretch.
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linearchaos@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 2y
Nah, the paper used journalistic licesne.
The study stays, signs of dementia 'could' include a person's sense of humor quickly getting darker.
edit: I get that it's a meme, and it's a good one, just better to make sure people know the truth that goes with it :)
doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
but it’s been my brand since I was 9
linearchaos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
In that case you just won't have an early warning sign.
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 2y
Yeah, a dark sense of humor is a pretty common coping mechanism for millennials and gen Z, although gen Z tends to be more nihilistic (and rightly so considering the state of the world)
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
More than a few of us gen x'ers too.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'd say Gen Z is polarised on this just like with everything else. You either got the nihilistic doomers or the positive absurdists
ubermeisters@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 2y
I’ve had dementia since I was a teenager. It’s not getting better, either.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Not as far as I can remember anyway
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Remember what?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
What?
LemmysMum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Dementia is like food, not everybody gets it.
EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
This is what I'm here for
Stamets@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 6 pts · 2y
I'd expect nothing less
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
"I have such a dark and twisted sense of humor."
Every person on OP's friend list: "i hope his edgy phase is over soon."
Kalkaline@leminal.space · 5 pts · 2y
"please let him stop with the rape/child abuse jokes"
DontMakeItTim@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
“But flippancy is the best of all. In the first place it is very economical. Only a clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk as if virtue were funny. Among flippant people the joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. If prolonged, the habit of Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy that I know, and it is quite free from the dangers inherent in the other sources of laughter.
It is a thousand miles away from joy: it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practise it.”
RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I got rid of all my friends.
They were smelling up the Quiet Time pit You wouldn't believe how many flies there were!
Czarb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
So a demented sense of humor is a sign of dementia? Who would have thought.
sag@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Oh no, Maybe I have dementia.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Friends?
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
It's a TV show. No idea what a "FRIENDS list" is, though. Episode list? IMDb cast sheet? I guess the gang did get pretty dark sometimes, but dementia seems a stretch.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
I remember when Joey couldn't remember how everyone was doing and had to keep asking. It was sad.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 0 pts · 2y
I remember when Joey couldn't remember how everyone was doing and had to keep asking. It was sad.
JoShmoe@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
You know those people that work for you for free.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
My kids?
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Bitch I don't remember asking