Once again, young people are joking about their trauma on TikTok This isn’t the first time Gen Z has packaged their trauma into something funny—remember the “candy salad” trend? But this time around, they’re acknowledging just how they’ve developed their humor. The captions on these viral memes mimic a conversation, always starting with “You’re so funny,” and replying “thanks,” with a dark reason why. It plays on the idea that dealing with hard experiences is what makes a person funny as they get older—because Gen Z clearly derives so much of their humor from making light of the un-funny things...
