Goddamn fucking kids.

[feuervogel]

Yeah, it's TOTALLY fucking mockworthy that people are in their 30s. FUCKING LOLARIOUS.

Note to all and sundry: this is PRECISELY why I quit.

ETA: It's been pointed out that said person has welcomed mockery. My opinion is still the same. I hate the idea that because you've reached an arbitrary number of years lived, which really isn't all that goddamn many tbh, that's worthy of scorn, derision, or mockery.

It's ageist bullshit, and society needs to stop propagating it with bullshit black cakes and balloons and "over the hill" nonsense.

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[feuervogel]

I don't see what's so funny about turning 30. Seriously. I don't understand this notion we have as a society that getting older is something we should make fun of people for. And as I said below, I really don't understand why mockery "in jest" is funny.

I don't understand how a lot of people of coup think. I prefer to distance myself.

[kurai-seraphim.livejournal.com]

It's inherently not funny. That's why you parody the big deal that people make out of it so that it holds more meaning than 29 or 31. There's no reason to celebrate any birthday beyond fun and attention, which seems to be what was going on in the listserv and at the event.

I mean, mockery in jest is the basis of Hetalia.

[feuervogel]

Outright parody can be funny, and often is. Sadly, parody is also really easy to miss the mark on. (As far as Hetalia goes, the portrayals of Korea and China are kind of sketchy, considering the history of Japanese imperialism and racism, but Europe? Have fun.)

I'd rather ignore the big deal people make of it, because I think it's stupid, than parody it, because, as I said above, parody often misses the mark. And I really don't like humor making fun of individual people, in jest or not. (Whether making fun of large groups of people and stereotypes is funny depends on the power balance between the groups. Whitey telling n-er jokes? Not cool. Chris Rock telling honky jokes? Fine.)