28 Genius Jokes That Define Our Gen X-eration

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jun 2, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Remember when jokes were the cornerstone of every meet up. Everyone took turns, telling old jokes, new jokes, good jokes, bad jokes, jokes that were more like riddles, jokes that were not jokes at all. There was everything and everyone was a part of this special social occurrence. But as time has worn on, it seems that the wonder surrounding jokes has dwindled, and now our joke joneses are barely serviced by the funnies that you share with your colleagues.

And that is exactly why we wanted to gift you a list of genius jokes that define our gen x-eration, or in other words, gen x jokes that even millennials would not fully manage to make sense off. So sit back with your morning coffee and enjoy this lovely list of genuinely funny jokes from a time that has sadly passed. Just be careful not to spray your coffee on your computer from laughter.

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    When you're on your lunch break and consider not going back. @antisocial memest M
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    *Middle class Me, after buying Apple Airpods on EMI *
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    Me laughing at my own joke before I even tell it IG @hornyshrimp
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    Therapist: Can you think of anyone who is a negative influence in your life who is causing you to feel this way? Me: -Well, of course I know him. He's me.
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  • Every true comedian knows that the source of all the funny comes from a deep self-hatred. Which would make for a brilliant television show. You get five comedians sat in front of five psychologists. The psychologists ask therapeutic questions, while the comedian has to respond with jokes. The winner is the one of either makes the psychologist laugh or the comedian cry.

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    This girl on Instagram posted her plane. ticket and I called and cancelled her flight
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    These contractors are installing the steel pillars in concrete to stop vehicles from parking on the pavement outside a Sports Bar downtown. They are now in the process of cleaning up at the end of the day and anxious to go home. How long do you think it will be before they realize where they parked?
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    Me: I can't wait for my day off Me on my day off:
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    That kid is going places Good Vibes Just learned our 9y/o did an experiment on us. Lost tooth, told no one for 3d, kept tooth under his pillow. No $. Then he tells us he lost the tooth, next night there is money under his pillow. Then confronted us with his scientific evidence that the tooth fairy isn't real.
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    Virgin Galactic just launched their first commercial flight to space, charging $450,000 per ticket 11:13:28-41-761 GALACTIC LIVE 553 1,526 6,033 4.3M just so we're clear this time... That's the round trip price right? 00:05 M.A
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    True story: Harvard Business School rejected me in '91. When I got the news, I checked to see if they'd cashed my $100 application fee check. They hadn't, so I did a "stop payment". When they called, trying to collect, I suggested they could learn a business lesson from this.
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  • These are the kind of jokes that you seriously hope hold some truth in them. Not only because it has the most sublime sense of karma to it, but also because if true, there is something substantial to learn from it. Either way, we will go forth with the belief that this dad joke has inadvertently inspired a generation of business geniuses.

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    What's the significance of this 868 422 3,327 640K%
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    OceanGate, the company that built the sub that imploded, has deleted its social media accounts angate This account doesn't exist Try searching for another. OceanGate TITAN 152 1527 6,649 Il 577K Probably too much pressure ლე ↑7.63 1927 31.7K
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    I golfed with a hilarious 78 year old man, and he was dishing out life tips the whole time. The most DGAF guy I've ever met. He tells me after the round "don't talk to me in the parking lot, my wife is picking me up and she thinks I went deaf 5 years ago." What a legend.
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    Payday: I will not use my money for food Next day:
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    Me staring at my own bed one last time before i go to work
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    Me:turns off the big fan because it's too loud. Everyone else in the helicopter:
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    Sign i needed in my childhood DON'T GROW UP IT'S A TRAP! sarcasm
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    When your car starts making noises that sound expensive h 5
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    How lucky are you? Me: LOTOO 02 08 15 16 36 OP SUN NOVO3 13 $1.00 03 09 14 17 35
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    "Life, give me a sign!" Life: YOU MATTER DONT GIVE UP
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    When there's a deep rage burning inside you but you gotta act nice cause you're at work OULIE
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    Me wishing my life would get back on track
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    10 years old me after losing my toy: 25 years old me after losing everything: SUPER UNIVERSE Yes, very sad Anyway
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    When you're still tired but have to wake up for work
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    Officer: no pets allowed, sir Me: this is my son, how dare you Garden Cent Sumbe 13$2 @wilfordbrimly
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    600 mom: "clean your room, people coming over for a barbecue" me looking for the grill in my room:
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    My mouth has no filter. I say whatever I please. And most of the time I am just as shocked as you.
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    When you and your friend start working at the same place McDonalds
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