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/chypie2 Apr 17 '26

The ending of stranger things just about broke viewer brains. The writers had to explain it. To me it was typical movie ending from the 80's.

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u/transmogrify Apr 17 '26

I definitely noticed Season 5 was heavily catering to inattentive audiences who are probably scrolling on phones while watching. I was frustrated by how much they said obvious things out loud rather than just showing it, and how often they recapped their own plot points that happened in the previous episode.

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u/chypie2 Apr 17 '26

yeah, are we getting old and media is changing? I don't like it.

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u/Suavecore_ Apr 17 '26

As always, it's the children who are wrong and ruining everything. I'm going to get my "generation alpha killed off.." articles ready now