The overabundance of girls on NF. But let's change the subject. I think part of the problem with 'modern' Duffering () is slapstick. After the conversation in the Little Britain thread it occurred to me that that's what a lot of recent Duffering is. (See the 'Food Fight' thread. )
That is all too true. All this low, slapstick humor, without anything that appeals to peoples' higher sense of humor. After all...slapstick gets boring very quickly. Gone are the days of "thee-thou" -speak, as well as the days when people actually understood the art of being random without having to say *is random*... (Not to say that I can do better myself...I'm just pointing out a common problem...)