One thing about 10x13

[citrusjava]

Not sure who this was more offensive towards, these kids or gen-xers.

Better to consider it the ep in which Dean was British and Sam had a sparkly pink laptop.

Comments

[elwarre.livejournal.com]

Did you really find the jokes offensive? I kind of thought they were cute, but I'm a weird behind-the-times Gen Y so maybe I missed the bite.

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely. they made me very uncomfortable. And they were so bad... you know - Robbie made some age jokes on Fan Fiction that I didn't like but at least were... IDK, loving, more clever.... this was just bad. I hate "oh, teens are so stupid/shallow/television teens", you know? I don't know anyone like that.. Especially jokes about technology and the generation gap. And I hate jokes about Dean's age, cause I feel they hit too close to home, and I'm worried about the show's longevity and so forth. One of my favorite artists is David Bowie, and I saw (a bit of) what it did to him when all the world suddenly decided he was old, and instead of asking him about his career everyone started asking him about his age. He really tried to handle it well, and he's one of the stronger public figures I've seen deal with that, and he broke and stopped publishing anything for about ten years. That's horrible, and it matters. That needs to stop. It's definitely not worth some bad jokes.

[elwarre.livejournal.com]

I hate "oh, teens are so stupid/shallow/television teens", you know? I definitely hear you there. The giggly dorm-talk and the selfie scenes made me uncomfortable, too, and seemed so trite. And I guess I hadn't thought of them being age-specific jokes. Like I said, my age and my technological literacy do not match, so I heard them more as jokes about the latter than jokes about the generation gap. Thinking back over the episode, though, you're right. And I absolutely, absolutely agree that age has nothing to do with relevance, and that generational stereotypes are beyond annoying.

Thanks for taking the time to answer, and I hope it was obvious that my question was honest not troll-y. I can be dense sometimes. :)

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3 <3

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

I love that the show has gone on so long that the network suddenly has a show like this, with people olde than 27. It's awesome. And I like that it makes people uncomfortable enough to feel they need to comment, but the comments are meant to other, to control the situation, to make this show the exception, to hurt. I hate that. Hate it.