{"id":190,"date":"2026-06-14T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2026-07-26T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:10:33","slug":"calling-cards-and-dad-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/calling-cards-and-dad-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Cards and Dad Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens when \u201890s humor meets Gen Z reactions? Chaos\u2026 and a lot of secondhand embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of <em>Midlife Young<\/em>, we kick things off with a hilarious (and slightly painful) \u201cdon\u2019t laugh\u201d challenge featuring classic \u201890s-style dad jokes\u2014complete with a mouthful of water and zero mercy. Spoiler: not all jokes age well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, we dive into another round of <strong>fashion crimes<\/strong>, revisiting iconic (and questionable) trends from the Class of 1996\u2014think chunky platform shoes, goth-inspired layers, micro sunglasses, and oversized logo mania. Were they bold statements\u2026 or just bad decisions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the episode shifts into something more nostalgic and meaningful\u2014contrasting how we used to stay connected versus today. Through two stories set decades apart, we explore the difference between carefully dialing a calling card from a payphone and instantly texting from a ski resort with unlimited data and zero effort. Same message\u2014\u201cwe made it safe\u201d\u2014but a completely different experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s funny, nostalgic, and surprisingly thoughtful as we compare effort vs. convenience, patience vs. immediacy, and what we might have lost (or gained) along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcac Tell us in the comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Did you ever use a calling card?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which \u201cfashion crime\u201d trend did you rock (or regret)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And be honest\u2026 did any of those dad jokes actually make you laugh?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3XvvH0zJMSI1w0b5Wvq0QX?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when \u201890s humor meets Gen Z reactions? Chaos\u2026 and a lot of secondhand embarrassment. In this episode of Midlife Young, we kick things off with a hilarious (and slightly painful) \u201cdon\u2019t laugh\u201d challenge featuring classic \u201890s-style dad jokes\u2014complete with a mouthful of water and zero mercy. Spoiler: not all jokes age well. From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}