ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 10 months agoNew Chappelle special searing hourlong takedown of trans cashier who forgot to smile at himwww.thebeaverton.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down146
arrow-up1537arrow-down1external-linkNew Chappelle special searing hourlong takedown of trans cashier who forgot to smile at himwww.thebeaverton.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-squaredetalferous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI disagree. His old material was hilarious. And still is, IMO.
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoSo you agree that how people perceive comedy is subjective, I guess. Could it be that he ridiculed people you don’t care about before?
minus-squaredetalferous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI don’t care about trans people though. As humans, yes, sure. But their group identity carries no special valence for me. So I think you raise a reasonable point, but I don’t think it’s an influence here.
I disagree. His old material was hilarious. And still is, IMO.
So you agree that how people perceive comedy is subjective, I guess. Could it be that he ridiculed people you don’t care about before?
I don’t care about trans people though.
As humans, yes, sure. But their group identity carries no special valence for me.
So I think you raise a reasonable point, but I don’t think it’s an influence here.