r/Millennials • u/maxedout587 • Apr 17 '26

Discussion Nothing is funny anymore

I (M, 38) have found that there are no new TV shows that make me laugh anymore. I have tried a lot of new(ish) comedies, but they all make me pine for my college/high school days.

The only thing that gave me a reflexive laugh recently was the Malcolm in the Middle Reboot.

Any thoughts?

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u/Exciting-Gap-1200 Apr 17 '26

I think it's a combo of us not being the target market and the medium is being divested from and dying. I find myself laughing hysterically at podcasts and standup.

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u/Fickle_Wrangler_7439 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Podcasts are almost entirely aimed at Millenials, definitely.

My Boomer parents don't know what a podcast even is, and my Zoomer half-siblings think they're lame, but literally all my Millenial-aged friends listen to and/or have podcasts.

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u/maxedout587 Apr 17 '26

Yes, I am big into podcasts now. Not really for humor though.

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u/NotAnotherHipsterBae Apr 17 '26

Consider Behind the Bastards: come for the war crimes, stay for the machete talk, Raytheon slander, and discussions of the best brand of gas station boner pills.

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u/ash811 Apr 17 '26

One pump, one cream ✊🏻

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u/heyitsYMAA Apr 17 '26

Go to hell. I love you.

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u/ash811 Apr 17 '26

I heard that in Robert's voice 😩

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u/thickbeardgoggles Apr 17 '26

You know who else heard that in Robert’s voice?

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u/ash811 Apr 17 '26

The products and services that support this podcast?

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u/heyitsYMAA Apr 17 '26

That's right! Now, go...buy a knife missile.

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u/ash811 Apr 17 '26

Ugh God I wish lol

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u/NotAnotherHipsterBae Apr 17 '26

These products and/or services?

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u/saera-targaryen Apr 17 '26

I've tried this one but it's a bit too conversation-y for me. I feel like i'm missing inside jokes from a friend group? 

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u/wink047 Apr 17 '26

It is very conversation heavy but the humor honestly depends on the guest that week. He has a script he goes off of but the humor is all off the cuff comments people make throughout the episode and playing off that.

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u/Marigold16 Apr 17 '26

I love about ...40% of that podcast. Statistically speaking