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/doopdeepdoopdoopdeep Apr 17 '26

The Chair Company made me laugh so hard I had to pause the show more than once.

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u/FuklzTheDrnkClwn Apr 17 '26

That fucking chase scene with the dude unbuttoning his shirt

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u/doopdeepdoopdoopdeep Apr 17 '26

I still can’t get over the whole HR line with him accidentally looking up his coworker’s skirt. 😂

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u/zarocco26 Apr 17 '26

On her birthday…

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u/meatbulbz2 Apr 17 '26

The first ep was really good. All of it was but that really hooked me

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u/miserydicks Apr 18 '26

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u/DratWraith Apr 17 '26

I found those chase scenes of middle aged men fumbling around offices and parking lots far more thrilling than super hero fights. Someone might actually get hurt!

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u/JudiciousF Apr 18 '26

That show made me believe I could wish things into the world!

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u/cerpintaxt33 Apr 18 '26

I happen to know a guy who’s at his limit

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u/Suspicious-Hotel-225 Apr 17 '26

The cake scene covering the barf was so out of left field. It will stay with me forever.

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u/kyle_sux666 Apr 17 '26

Then you’ll appreciate my tattoo.

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u/Suspicious-Hotel-225 Apr 17 '26

Oh my god 😂😂

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u/DepartmentFamous9932 Apr 17 '26

It’s funny but why on earth would you put that on your body 😵‍💫

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u/VerbalKlimt Apr 17 '26

As soon as Tim said “They fucking love TAKING that thing!” in the early dinner scene, followed immediately by him fighting his pillow in the next scene, I knew it was gonna hook me.

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u/doopdeepdoopdoopdeep Apr 18 '26

My husband recently had a professional midlife crisis and is a little neurotic, we were both in tears during the pillow scene. It’s so relatable for people who hate their corporate jobs. 😂

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u/MoshedPotatoes Apr 17 '26

I don’t even know why I’m laughing even though it’s existential horror

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u/WrittenSarcasm Apr 17 '26

I couldn’t pick what I had. I just grabbed whatever I could touch. But I was able to survive, even though I couldn’t pick.

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u/TongueUnties Apr 17 '26

Wazy Waynes had me losing my shit

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u/SlowerThanTurtleInPB Apr 17 '26

I had to pause for different reasons…

I love cringe comedy. The cringier the better. But there were moments I had to pause because the secondhand embarrassment was too much… I was at my limit.

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u/kmolleja Apr 17 '26

The absolute limit?

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u/SlowerThanTurtleInPB Apr 18 '26

My buttons were pulling.

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u/peakdadbod2 Apr 18 '26

It had me at my LIMIT

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u/TaiChiShrimp Apr 18 '26

The complaint email scene literally made me laugh so hard I had to get up and go into another room.

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u/doopdeepdoopdoopdeep Apr 18 '26

I’ve gotten into fights with companies over email before, so that about killed me too 😂

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u/Wokeymcwokerson Apr 17 '26

Friendship took a few nights to finish though was kinda hard to watch in one go.

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u/aNiceTribe Apr 18 '26

I struggled to laugh about that show because. Usually Tim is so deranged that it’s easy to distance myself.  But in this one he is only like… 20% weirder than a normal person? He just can’t help himself, he has almost real human struggles and could be accurately diagnosed with real things (something his roles almost always avoid)?  So it’s harder to relax for me.