When the political majority’s headlining comedians are Rob Schneider, a not-nearly-lucid Roseanne Barr and a professional open-mic host who once bombed so hard he nearly lost President Donald Trump the 2024 election, we know that American comedy culture is in a rough state, and the deluge of “comedic” culture warrior content on platforms that the Right previously wanted to ban has only exacerbated the GOP’s humor problem. So when popular conservative TikToker, author and alleged drunk driver Joseph “The Older Millennial” Redden decided to make a “humorous” post on the controversial Chinese spyware app about political correctness and the sarcastic online movement to use the word “clanker” as a slur for artificial intelligence models earlier this month, he took a stroll over to the left side of the culture war and stole some jokes from an older, funnier and better Millennial to build his routine: Redden’s appropriation of Mulaney’s classic bit soon escaped his half-million-plus following as other Millennials jumped in to marvel at the audacity of this un-funny author who ripped off his generation’s most beloved and successful stand-up just to riff on a complete non-controversy.
Author: Keegan Kelly
Published at: 2025-07-29 22:20:00
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