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Message: [QUOTE="SpcDaicon, post: 372185, member: 134388"] I always found this term "millennial writing" funny. People use it to refer to writing in modern movies/shows/games as if this somehow indicates that the movie/show/game is bad, sort of "virtue signaling" that they have, somehow, superior tastes than people who enjoy or don't notice this particular style of writing, something like "heh, I don't like THIS shit made for Millennials, I like GOOD writing like *procedes to name other millenial writing movies/shows/games* *smirks* *push glasses*". In reality, this whole thing of making jokes and being sarcastic is not just "millennial writing", it is basically the norm since the 90s. People like to blame Joss Whedon, but the use of quips, jokes and sarcasm HAS ALWAYS existed in (specially in american) writing. This style of writing, in my view, is only a reflection of the total cynicism that the mainstream media and audience in general has today. Often these jokes and quips are used to undercut moments of tension or emotion, sort of like a meta humor saying "hey guys, nothing of this here is serious. Isn't it cringe to feel EMOTIONS about something that is not real? *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*. I'm so inteligent and cool pointing that out!". There is nothing more "reddit humor" than pointing out and making fun of "reddit humor", in a pathetic attempt to distance oneself from it. "Hey guys! Isn't this REDDIT AND MILLENIAL HUMOR totally cringe? Glad I'm not one of them!" In the end, both people who enjoy "millenial writing" for its "witty and smart" dialog and people who critisize it are birds of a feather and both are pathetic. [/QUOTE]

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