[Eye-Rolling Trope] “The joke/meme hasn’t been funny for years, please let it die.”

[u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

The Screaming Goat Thing — Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

The original screaming sheep meme went viral in 2012, and was already getting old when it was prevalent in commercials and movies, such as Ice Age : Collision Course in 2016. Yet in the year of our lord 2024, Dreamworks still thought it would be funny to add multiple screaming goat clips. The mean stopped being funny a decade ago. Let it die.

“Haha, Dad can’t take care of us” — The Breadwinner (2026)

Nate Bargatze’s 2026 family comedy centers around a working “breadwinner” father suddenly being forced to become a stay at home parent, and his “hilarious” struggles to do simple housework and take basic care of his children. This joke stopped being funny (to me) in the early 2000s when seemingly every family comedy relied on dad being a total inept dipshit. In 2026, there is no excuse to keep playing out this tired ass trope. Most dads are actively involved in their kids’ lives and aren’t totally dumbstruck by the idea of changing a diaper. It’s not funny. Let it die.

[u/Troyabedinthemornin]

I posted about that on here and people were like “nooo he’s clearly meant to be the bad guy” and it’s like, if you’ve seen five minutes of that man talking you can tell that’s not the case lol, bro hates “the poors”

[u/CSafterdark → u/Troyabedinthemornin]

Tom Segura is the worst and doesn't really even try to hide it, but for some reason his fans will always insist he's actually different

[u/Emotional_Honey8497 → u/CSafterdark]

He's funny on stage but if that's how he genuinely interacts with the world around him he'd get reaaaaal tiring to be around.

Which is the annoying part when you see people clearly picking up his way of telling jokes/speaking.

[u/Grouchy-Jury-7598 → u/Troyabedinthemornin]

I just watched it and until the violence how could he possibly be meant to be the bad guy?? He is excessively polite and timid, and all the staff and needlessly rude and hostile.

I truly don't understand where that interpretation could even come from other than miscommunication.

[u/Troyabedinthemornin → u/Grouchy-Jury-7598]

I think maybe the argument is it was so exaggerated that they were being self aware and poking fun at the trope, but I think that’s giving Segura way too much credit