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  • kilternkafuffle [any]
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    4 years ago

    Also spouting off US propaganda about most non-Western countries.

  • redthebaron [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    he is like better than the rest of the whole daily show allumni like at least he is not fucking colbert that awful man

    • SweetCheeks [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      he's good when he isn't talking about other countries.

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        4 years ago

        His tobacco episode was about as far as a liberal can get in terms of anti-imperialism, but of course in the end he never connected all the dots

  • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
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    4 years ago

    guys, are you seriously expecting him to say "kill the capitalists, up with la revolucion" on television? his show is owned by hbo and at&t, this is the best it gets while working withing these frameworks.

    if he keeps you like an inch away from telling you capitalism is the root to all problems in america without outright telling you, you should be able to piece together that that is the solution, if his watchers lack reading comprehension it isnt his fault. it isnt much "avoiding the underlying problem", it's more like looking at a person you are talking about without saying his name.

    also yes his humor is pretty childlike and i hate it but i do enjoy some of his bits like being irrationally angry at good things like that city in connecticut

    • EvilCorgi [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, this is correct. John Oliver is a fucking godsend to the liberal-to-communist pipeline, his show is a fantastic entrypoint to "why capitalism is bad" without scaring people away with the scary C word

    • anonymous_ascendent [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      All of what you said might be true except that Oliver toes the US state department line on everything outside of the US borders. He is literally married to a neocon vet and agent of the MIC!

      I know for a lot of social chauvinists “foreign policy” is just one incorrect stance among dozens of issues, but for most of the world on the receiving end of imperialism it is really the only American issue that matters. American “Foreign Policy” needs to be one of the focal points of the American Left, but they routinely downplay it and put it behind other matters.

    • AvailableAudience6 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I feel like his show is slowly turning into a Cowdy's Showdy with the increasing amount of rage he emits in the last I don't know how many episodes.

      For those that don't get the reference, look up Some More News on YouTube. It's by far my favourite news dude.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Imagine learning about politics from toucan nonce*

    * I'm not saying John Oliver in particular is a nonce, I'm saying all British people are

    • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      *not saying only british people are nonces, all talking heads are, but also british people in particular and especially john oliver, that fucking toucan nonce

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    would be fun to spam at all of John Oliver's online presences

    • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      drumpf drumpf. cheeto! haha bad orange. him toupee. drumpf drumpf. why he play so many golf but are so bad at golf? tax payer dollar byebye, pls releases tax returns pls. cheeto! so many hamberder! drumpf. tiny hands centaur stance. drumpf drumpf. muleboar investorgatorsations. cheeto! bankrupt bankrupt he went bankrupt, bad at capitalisms. drumpf.

      😂 🔫

      • deadtoddler420 [any]
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        4 years ago

        nah that'd be giving him credit. every joke is: trump does something bad. that's like someone doing something clearly false. john oliver than overacts being mad at that someone. this repeats for 25 minutes and than the last 5 minutes is HBO blowing money on a bad skit with celebrity cameos.

        • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          tbf, HBO blowing money out its ass, and somehow sucking it all back in through that same puckered hole, is kinda hilarious in a meta way

  • TossedAccount [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Lol I remember back in 2016 when he started doing episodes carrying water for Clinton was around the time I stopped watching. Sad to see he still hasn't gotten better.

  • deadtoddler420 [any]
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    4 years ago

    honest to god he could be mao reincarnated and i still wouldn't be able to stand him. just one of the least funny 'comedians' out there.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        excuse you, but this is my bit, its a good bit, and you will laugh at my bit everytime i do my bit, until this bit has been so thoroughly driven into the ground that it strikes oil and i have become rich off of doing this bit. okay? and then, after all that, im gonna keep doing the bit, because fuck you, its my bit, and its a good bit, and you will still laugh at my bit some of the times i do my bit, until this bit has been driven out the other side of the earth and i have to learn mandarin in order to keep doing the bit. okay? 然后，毕竟，我会继续做这件事，因为操你，这是我的事，也是一件好事，你仍然会嘲笑我的事.

        :cope:

  • snackage [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    In like his third episode he repeated the myth that the Pyramids were built by slaves. Should have stopped right there but it took me another 2 years.

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I mean he does give good stats about stuff and niche info to use as a cudgel, if that's your thing