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For the record, I think Bill Burr is hilarious. He consistently cracks me up. But how did we get to a point where dudes who will honestly present themselves as unqualified to be arbiters of public policy get simultaneously elevated to a position where a calving chunk of the electorate goes "Hey! He's gotta point there!"

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama (assigned to mentor new hire Barack at Sidley Austin LLC) all had pretty commensurate resumes before 2 of them were elected president. Burr's likely aware of this as he hacks a swath into the bulging circle of "I'm a team-less lone wolf!"

It's the ol' reluctance to be "well, akshully" guy vs "goddamn, there's a shitload of morons who think you have point" conundrum. 

Anyhoo, I can't stand it. Like reading an Ana post. 

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I'm kind of done with comedians. Not saying anybody else should be, but I'm done with them taking blood money, while both sides stepping issues because they want to get paid by everybody.  We've been dancing along the both sides line right into fascism, and then we'll start asking why people listen to comics about anything, when, after all, they're just clowns.  And while accurate, we have a stupid populace that is mentally malleable, and besieged by algorithms.  Clowns or not, comedians can present a perspective that can distill universal truths into digestible comic bits, which can penetrate even the densest skulls.  Most everybody is presented gifts and a crossroads.  

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8 minutes ago, Mdhorn said:

I'm kind of done with comedians. Not saying anybody else should be, but I'm done with them taking blood money, while both sides stepping issues because they want to get paid by everybody.  We've been dancing along the both sides line right into fascism, and then we'll start asking why people listen to comics about anything, when, after all, they're just clowns.  And while accurate, we have a stupid populace that is mentally malleable, and besieged by algorithms.  Clowns or not, comedians can present a perspective that can distill universal truths into digestible comic bits, which can penetrate even the densest skulls.  Most everybody is presented gifts and a crossroads.  

There's a fine line between comedians and just "ammirite" angry dude who never considers the answer is "no". 



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