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Navigating generational humor differences with parents online

My mom started sending me minion memes on Facebook and gets hurt when I don't react enthusiastically, but they genuinely make me cringe and I don't know how to be kind about the fact that we find completely different things funny.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision of different comedic languages across generations creates small but persistent emotional wounds when handled clumsily.

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