BEHOLD! My reaction to present-day comedy!
The best edit is Carl inspirational meme of it matters, all of this matters.
>>215037369I just saw the Giancarlo special and was laughing hard at it. Kurt metzger's white precious is also on my favs list.
>>215038308There are so many comedians that just talk enthusiastically. Like I get it observational comedy can just be whatever and I guess there’s an audience for that. But tell a joke! Set up, punchline! Because if you can’t do that then you’re not doing comes, you’re just talking!
>>215038308Kurt is only funny in the warped minds of severe autists who never had an ass whoopin
There's 3 main theories of comedy: superiority, incongruity, and benign violation.Superiority: laughing because we feel superior to someone else or their misfortunesIncongruity: laughing because there's a mismatch between our expectations and what happensBenign Violation: something initially seems threatening and is then revealed to be non-threateningWe need more incongruity in comedy. Most comedy these days is all in on superiority with the occasional benign violation. The basic pattern is just "x person is racist, what an idiot" or "x person is a tranny, gross". It's all just in group/out group strawman arguments to make people feel superior. I blame The Daily Show.
>>215037369They are like 2 comedies in the last 2 years
Comedy is dead because everyone fulfills that need through memes and tiktoks
>>215039622His special was funny but he is in a manic episode in every other appearance especially around the maga podcast circuit. They really amplify inhumane treatment and his boasting.
>>215040089you making laughing at shit all academic bro how come?
>>215040089which one would absurdism fall under? incongruity?
>>215040128And also laughing at the president, both Biden and Trump
>>215037369To be fair, you have to be kinda stupid to laugh at comedy in general.
>>215040140Laughing can be as academic as any other human monke behavior.
>>215040302Yeah definitely incongruity. I think you can also reverse these dynamics for good content. Emo Philips is a good example of incongruity with some reversed benign violation - a seemingly innocuous statement that turns out to be awful.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie9o1klYADY
Rodney Dangerfield is the only good stand-up comedian to have ever existed
>>215041486Mitch hedberg would like to speak to you.
>>215041486Based. I drink to forget but then I forget I'm not supposed to drink.
