millennial humor
self-deprecating, generational
the one-line answer
Self-deprecating, references-heavy humor about being tired, broke, and anxious.
Millennial humor is 'I am dead inside but in a cute way.' Skeletons at computers. 'This is fine' memes. References to student debt and never owning a home. Dark but weary rather than nihilistic.
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
description
classic millennial humor: laughing at the concept of retirement.
Humor that treats bleak economic realities as something to laugh bitterly about.
03 / don't confuse
similar, not the same.
millennial humor
Millennial humor is self-deprecating and reference-heavy
vs
gen-z-humor
Gen Z humor is more absurdist and chaotic.