It’s a shame, because, “In Baltimore, I got served by a waitress with a black eye” is a pretty surreal set-up. A good comic could really do something with that. You could take that to dark, weird, or even empathetic places. This guy went for the easiest, dumbest joke in the book instead.

That’s the thing. I’ve seen some of his clips, and his work vacillates between be sophomoric and just kind of done. There’s no real *spark* there for me, which you get when a truly gifted comic is working a room. And I think it’s because ultimately his work is pretty shallow. He goes for the low-hanging fruit, whereas…

This dude in 2020s Dane Cook. At best.

You forget that to these comedy-pushes-boundaries folks, a picture of a special needs helmet TM is as hilarious now as it was in 1982.

All of this. Nevermind the debate about “Is he offensive/is he not offensive?” How is a guy who appears in his early 20s in 2023 doing “women belong in the kitchen” jokes from 1967? Does he think he has a shot at getting a five-minute spot on The Jack Parr Show?

looks like Handsome Squidward

I like Maron’s view on these jokes, especially Rife's apology with the special needs helmet - it’s so fucking hack. We’re kind of doing a disservice to the shittiness of the jokes by talking about whether or not they’re “offensive.” They’re just examples of middle of the road hack comedy. That should be the story, and…

Lane is great and absolutely hilarious. 

Yeah, offensive jokes aside, really none of this guy’s material is funny. I watched a few of his tiktoks, and literally none of them were funny.

Brazilian here, and I think it’s importante to clarify some things...

Yea I wonder about that. I can’t imagine Taylor Swift’s fans throwing anything at her, but who knows? Cynical me would just assume outside water bottles aren’t allowed because they want you only paying for theirs (which are likely overpriced). 

Elon’s empty threat was so moronic that it drove Ken “Popehat” White back on the site:

Do it you little bitch.  Not all the money in the world will change the fact your from a slave state, your dad doesn't love you, you barely invented anything, and you openly praised a neo nazi who blamed the Jews for all the worlds problems in the middle of a war with Palestine and Israel.  

This is when you lie low and hope it all blows over, not when you bluster and draw attention to your bigotry. You don’t want giant posters of megacorp ads next to Nazi propaganda shown in court and on the evening news. The recent attempt by some board members to remove him over these statements would probably be…

What are the chances of anyone at Tesla knowing the recent news at OpenAI?

I’ve noticed lots of people I follow have dropped off the site.  Now that I know why, I guess I’ll do the same.

So he’s suing over the reporting of things he said and did....in public?

lonny right now reminds me of this:

Destroying the government from within has been a campaign promise since 1980.

and has the country hurtling toward a place where democracy no longer works.