SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoThe Elmo hatred by chuds on the right is just repackaged edgy 90's edge that cigarette comedians used to take out on Barney for the sin of being nice to people.message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareThe Elmo hatred by chuds on the right is just repackaged edgy 90's edge that cigarette comedians used to take out on Barney for the sin of being nice to people.SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepooh [they/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·9 months agoI feel like there is a whole group of gen x comedians who tried to mimic George Carlin, but only picked up the “edgy” part of his comedy and not the other traits that made Carlin so popular.
minus-squarecoeliacmccarthy [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·9 months agocarlin’s empathy was crucial and that had to be jettisoned
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoExactly.
I feel like there is a whole group of gen x comedians who tried to mimic George Carlin, but only picked up the “edgy” part of his comedy and not the other traits that made Carlin so popular.
carlin’s empathy was crucial and that had to be jettisoned
Exactly.