I find people who love edginess to feel some sort of moral or intellectual superiority to the commons or people they often communicate (example, in high school where you really have a random mixture of all kinds of personalities). Definitely a phase kind of thing

100%. Adults who still enjoy that "edgy" style of communication and entertainment always come off as super immature.

There's something in there about human development and pushing boundaries in your youth, I'm certain.

Also, it did feel great as a teen from a very backwards rural area, to be on the very bleeding edge of internet culture. Knowing the memes before anyone else was secretly satisfying.

I think there's a phrase for it: Kids are assholes.

As a father (29) whose daughter (5) told him that she didn't like his gray hair because it means he is gonna die soon, can confirm.

Our generation grew up on offensive / edginess, things like late 90's shock rock, South Park, Jackass, Saw, etc. Nobody cares anymore, and it feels like nobody's tried to out-edge series like South Park. It feels like we've reached rock bottom so the only way is up. Which is a good thing btw.

With the exception of the "break glass to reboot/one more time the IP" moments

It has felt like a natural end to the long term cultural battled for acceptance of such basic expressions of working class language and humor, in a kind of "needing to break it down so we can build it back up" sort of way.

I'd dread to think of a cultural landscape where the previous puritanical average continued letting air out of the balloon at an excruciatingly slow rate, as opposed to the admittedly immature fart sound we reveled in for a few moments.

> nobody's tried to out-edge series like South Park. It feels like we've reached rock bottom so the only way is up.

maybe you haven't been looking or looking with a different perspective, but it was definitely tried and accomplished, imho.

Series like Paradise PD are more trash and less politically edgy. I think you're right.