Here’s something that pisses me off.
People, especially older generations, who bitch about, “You can’t even joke about any more!”
They usually use Archie Bunker as their example, which… we’ll get to that.
If you think offensive statements are no longer a part of comedy, you are completely out of touch with modern-day comedy.
I, for my part, fucking love comedy. In the last two days alone, I have heard:
-gay jokes
-trans jokes
-Jewish pedophile jokes (it was Ira Glass!)
-jokes making fun of women who shop at Trader Joe’s
-in that vein, lots of jokes at the expense of liberals
I just don’t know what to tell these people other than, “You’re full of shit.”
As for Mr. Bunker, the whole point of that character was that he was an antiquated, racist, sexist jerk and everyone around him thought he was an ignorant ass.
So when I see people complaining about how you can’t do Archie Bunker anymore, I’d like to say congrats! You are the modern-day Archie Bunker!