‘Emergency Intercom’ and the humor in frankness
(09/23/22 11:00am)
I remember downloading Instagram in fourth grade, when the first “Hunger Games” movie had just been released and people thought that the Mayan calendar would predict the end of the world. Back then, humor online consisted of memes relating to shared experiences. Buzzfeed videos reigned supreme and “relatable” humor took over the internet. Phrases like “I did a thing” and “adulting” became the pinnacle of comedy, and millennials drove the online creation industry for 12 year olds like me to enjoy.