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[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 64 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I have no Idea what this genre of humor is, but I kinda dig it. Cosmic absurdity mixed with internet "haha so random" humor?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 31 points 7 months ago (4 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We should probably pick a new name for modernism

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I propose continuing with modernerism. Post-modernerism, super-post-modernerism, way-past-due-modernerism and so on.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 6 points 7 months ago

New-Wave Modernism Revival

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I've always liked "Steve"..

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not even three comments into a shitpost and I'm already being asked to classify granular neologistic artistic movements. Fuck me.

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Art is a lie, nothing is real?

[–] IndirectSurprise@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

It's a question?

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I've heard it referred to as meta-modernism. the writer and director for everything everywhere all at once liked using that term to describe the movie.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

feels surrealist? because of how surreal it is?

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds a bit like the "john dies at the end" series, I've heard it described other ways but I think of it as cosmic horror comedy

A good example of what things are like I feel is the start of chapter 9 at mcdonalds(if you stop there it won't spoil anything) for the weirdness and then you have stuff like aiming a dog's butt at people like a gun and it being a deadly threat

[–] BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I absolutely LOVE John dies at the end, wish they would make movies out of the rest of the books. In the meantime, do you have any movie/TV recommendations that are similar?

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

it's called my favourite

[–] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

ive been calling stuff like this neo-surrealism since it's surrealist in a distinctly post-internet way

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I have no idea what is going on here