20 of the Funniest Last Words Uttered by Historical Figures

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Alyson Lewis
March 11, 2025

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In her new stand-up special, A Different Animal, Iliza Shlesinger establishes early whom her two main beefs are with. She thinks zoomers are too mean to millennials, who have all the same complaints about society, plus back pain and heartburn. And she thinks men are clowns for illustrating their dating profiles with photos of themselves holding fish; forming intense opinions about Viking fan art; and lecturing captive audiences about the films of Christopher Nolan. The kicker in her list of things only men do: “Maybe being a piece of shit your whole life, finding out you’re having a baby and that it’s a girl, and then and ONLY then realizing women are people too.” 

It’s an easy applause line for a crowd that’s apparently primed for the kind of humor normally reserved for the sassy wives of clueless husbands in paper-towel commercials. But if Shlesinger’s vision accurately represents what millennials think feminism is, I think I get why Gen Z is so mad at them.

Dana Carvey Explains the Secret to ‘Wayne’s World’s Success

Most of the youth-oriented buddy comedies that came out in the ‘90s aren’t  fondly remembered today. Like, nobody seems to be going to bat for movies like Meet the Deedles, Dead Man on Campus, or Bio-Dome, the film that dared to pair Pauly Shore with one of the Baldwins.

But at least one movie starring two Gen X slackers has stood the test of time: Wayne’s World. Also, to some extent, Wayne’s World 2.

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21 Parts of Modern Life That Would Make a Time Traveler Go, ‘Ah, This Is a Dystopia’

39 of the Funniest Tweets from Last Week 

30 Exceptionally Creative Burns That People Are Still Scorched By

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20 of the Funniest Last Words Uttered by Historical Figures

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