Becoming radicalized has ruined a lot of stand-up comedy for me. There's just so much problematic shit the big names go on about, especially their obsession with "cancel culture" and punching down all the time. They're largely really talented people and I want to enjoy their good bits, but I can't get through even 3 minutes of most comedy specials without going "no, stop you chud piece of shit"
I will say the one big exception is John Mulaney. Dude's hilarious, never punches down, and is at least somewhat of a comrade (he and his wife attended BLM protests and he publicly endorsed Bernie).
Becoming radicalized has ruined a lot of stand-up comedy for me. There's just so much problematic shit the big names go on about, especially their obsession with "cancel culture" and punching down all the time. They're largely really talented people and I want to enjoy their good bits, but I can't get through even 3 minutes of most comedy specials without going "no, stop you chud piece of shit"
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Yeah I stopped watching stand up as well. Also I cringe at the me years ago that actually enjoyed shit like the Colbert report and Daily Show
I will say the one big exception is John Mulaney. Dude's hilarious, never punches down, and is at least somewhat of a comrade (he and his wife attended BLM protests and he publicly endorsed Bernie).
I wonder if there were comedians complaining about the same thing when blackface fell out of style.