There are a wealth of options nowadays, but here are some pointers as you always get someone asking for recommendations, and I'm also making this for posterity (in case anyone comes across this post via Google).
I've seen many of these titles or am planning to. I need to give some of them a rewatch now that I am older. So apologies for any misinformation. Common themes include identity, diversity, trauma, sexuality, psychological problems, drug use and addiction, loneliness, coming of age, romance and friendship. Certain media are more for adults, but might still be relevant to you.
Skam and Euphoria (US) are the most compared to Skins, and both tackle topics that teenagers deal with, like sex, self-discovery, bullying and societal pressure, mental health problems, homosexuality and transgender issues, etc. Euphoria is a remake of an Israeli series that is kinda underground. A big theme is substance abuse and its effects. Skam has many versions and the same channel produced another show called Blank. Not sure how that one is, though.
Hormones: The Series is considered to be the Asian counterpart to Skins, and there are gay couples. However, expect censorship, as Thailand is a conservative country. It started with a movie that was so successful that it spawned a 3-season "lakorn" (drama). Thailand has a ton of LGBT-themed media; another one that was well-received is Love Sick (not to be confused with the British sitcom).
SLiDE was a short-lived teen drama from Australia. If you want more Aussie stuff, check out "Heartbreak High" (from the 90s) and "Nowhere Boys". "Ready For This" features an indigenous cast, haven't seen it.
The Inbetweeners is said to be the opposite of Skins - a group of losers trying to navigate the last years of school (Sixth Form).
Misfits aired in the same channel as Skins and Inbetweeners (E4). It is a series involving a group of young adults with superpowers. I really loved it.
Glue is a murder mystery said to be similar to Skins and Broadchurch.
I'm a fan of the Degrassi franchise from Canada, but it's not for everyone, as it has an educational vibe and can be a bit cheesy sometimes. I like it though, as the actors/characters grow up and there are serious topics such as teen pregnancy, drugs, LGBT issues, mental health, prejudice, etc. Known for featuring Drake (Aubrey Graham). Director Kevin Smith used to watch Degrassi when he was younger. Has many installments. I suggest starting out with
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I'm currently doing a university research project about the representation of mental illness in Skins, and thought this would be a good place to advertise it.
For my project I'm looking at the characters of Effy and Cassie, and subsequently the extent to which the show presents depression, selective mutism and anorexia nervosa. I know Skins has recieved a lot of controversy for romanticising and glamourising mental illness, so I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this!
The project survey only takes 3-10 minutes and the link is here: [Representing Mental Illness in British Youth Television: Bryan Elsley's Skins] (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WX38GRB)
Thanks and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
EDIT: Hi again everyone! I've just gotten round to looking back at this now and wow this has blown up! Within a day the survey has skyrocketed to over 100 total responses! I literally have no words for how insane that is, so thanks again for all of the support and help you'll be bringing to my survey. I've also read the comments you've left both here and in the survey, and I want to thank you all for your incredible support. This is the first research project I've ever done so to have such a response within a day is mind blowing.
Just a reminder that the survey will stay open until 5th July at 5pm. You can go back and edit your answers once submitted and responses partially completed should be saved, so you can continue or revisit your answers when you wish. Required questions are marked with an asterisk (*) so you aren't required to answer any questions you don't want to.
Thanks again for all your help and support and, as always, if you have any questions or feedback please don't hesitate to get in touch! 🥰🥰
EDIT 2: Hi again guys! Just to let you know that due to a (unexpectedly!) high number of responses, I've decided to extend the survey deadline until this Friday. If you want to answer the survey and haven't yet, you have until 5pm on 9th July to do so. Unfortunately the deadline is unlikely to be extended beyond this due to time constraints within the project. If this changes I'll be sure to let you know!
EDIT 3: The survey deadline has been extended to 11th July at 5pm.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Buenosdillas
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
Nothing, he was gladiator.
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
Bob
After revisiting the stories of Gen 2’s Effy, Naomi and Emily, we now get to go back to the OG gen in my opinion, as we revisit Cassie Ainsworth in “Pure”. Last we saw of Cassie she was working in New York after leaving in the aftermath of Chris’s death. I really liked Cassie in seasons one and two so I like the idea of picking up her story again.
The episode opens with some rather stunning shots of the curtain things on someone’s bed (I’ve no idea what they’re called). As we pan down we see Cassie sleeping, soon being awoken by commotion and loud music in the background. Cassie, who appears to be house sharing, walks in on some bloke having a piss and then witnesses a heated argument between two housemates. Cassie showers as some nice melodic music plays and leaves the house. Cassie walks past a park and watches people fly kites before getting a bus to her job in a diner. She talks to the guy from Years And Years, who’s a chef at the diner. One of the other guys who works their (foreign guy with the intense stares of Matty Levan) has some banter with Years And Years. The Greek boss then says if they don’t have 600 quid by the end of the day, he’s “firing the one with the smallest tits”, motioning to Cassie and the other waitress. The other waitress is then inappropriately touched by a customer, so Cassie takes her order (wow, this is a very well informed showcase of women in the workplace so far in my opinion. Pretty rife with sexism). Foreign Matty chats to Cassie after work and asks to go for a drink. She questions why he’s not asking the other girl, Amanda. He persists, but Cassie tells Yaniv, “another time”, which he’s buzzing with. As Cassie walks home she has an awkward phone call with her dad. She walks upstairs and passes a middle aged man leaving the loud music girl’s room in a hurry. The girl comes out and talks to Cassie, offering her some spliff. Cassie declines and goes to her room, puts on headphones and stands at her window. She closes her eyes and dances as the camera flies over the beauty of the city in the night.
One of the girl’s from the rowdy group the day before approaches Cassie at work. Cassie is confused as the girl seems to know her somehow. The girl takes out her iPad and asks Cassie if her “boyfriend takes them”. She shows Cassie a website called Oblivion, which has well shot photographs. Cassie then sees photos of her, ones she never knew had been taken. Cassie is shook by the amount of pictures that’ve been taken of her.
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Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
