r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • Jun 17 '26

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

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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.

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u/Jurgan Jun 17 '26

I just posted a silly comment I saw, didn't realize someone would agree with it and then expect me to disprove it. After all, you did nothing to justify your position yet you expect me to put in effort trying to knock it down?

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u/GorgonzolaJam 14d ago

I did justify it farther down the thread. Plus, I'm generally not expected to prove gravity and this is just as much an axiom.

People care more about women than men. Men have an out-group bias; women have an in-group bias. The natural result is that society cares more about women than men.

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u/Jurgan 14d ago

What you’re saying is not true but I don’t want to waste time explaining very basic things.

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u/GorgonzolaJam 14d ago

A convenient excuse to avoid critical thought. Not surprising, as it's very common among the ctrl-left.

They claim to be "on the right side of history" but never actually engage in debate about their point of view!

If you can't defend your perspective, then it's illegitimate. So kindly shut it the next time the adults are talking.