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I hope all the self proclaimed tech libertarians in the audience who hate so called "cancel culture" loved a little laugh at their expense. :)
by archildress 2y ago
I hope all the self proclaimed tech libertarians in the audience who hate so called "cancel culture" loved a little laugh at their expense. :)
- nickpinkston 2y agoTotally 100%
- tayo42 2y agoIt needs to be funny though, and the quotes in the article were a miss for me...
- unsupp0rted 2y agoHow could reading one-sentence snippets out of a standup comedian’s set inside a news article a few mornings later not retain the original humor?
- bilbo0s 2y agoHuh? They were a little funny. I mean the guy's right. 45,000 "trailblazers"? Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's like, what? 40-45 Marine Corps battalions?
- tayo42 2y agoI guess part of it not being funny is it feels alittle over done. I can't imagine it's the first time you've heard that sentiment.
- cholantesh 2y agoI quite like John Mulaney but I do kind of agree, these are rather contrived insights. That being said, I also think that delivery is part of what makes a joke land and we're just reading a few select bits after the fact as opposed to watching Mulaney deliver them onstage. I remember being introduced to some Mitch Hedberg bits over IM some years back, followed the next day by them reciting those bits, and it didn't click at all until they popped in a VHS tape (yes it was that long ago) and I saw Hedberg anxiously weaving back and forth, heard him mumbling and elongating his phrases. I wouldn't say Mulaney's in the same league, but I don't think it's unfair to say this contributes.
- lupusreal 2y agoBeing right doesn't mean it's funny though... Call me old fashioned but isn't the point of comedy to be funny, not correct? What do I know though, it's been years since I've found any standup comic very funny, and most comedy movies just make me groan. I'm no expert on what is or isn't funny, I just find it odd that you defend the humor here by pointing out its correctness. FWIW I've never heard of this guy nor heard any of his jokes.
- dole 2y agoThere's a shred of truth in every joke.
- lupusreal 2y agoSure, but "fire is hot" isn't much of a joke.
- dole 2y agoOnly if I’m the one on fire, then it’s relative.
- rkhassen9 2y agoI was there. It was so funny! Somehow the articles make it so serious and less funny. Being there in the room, it felt like it was needed. Like a relief valve for what people were thinking but not able to say. To laugh together…as a huge group makes community and in a sense some sort of catharsis. Healing perhaps.
- djkivi 2y agoWell, 40 Marine Corps battalions could probably blaze a few trails...
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- lupusreal 2y agoDoes not laughing constitute "cancelation"?
- smegsicle 2y agoworse if someone identifies as funny and you don't laugh you are literally denying their existence
- renewiltord 2y agoDreamforce is mostly sales guys. They’ll be happy to laugh at the nerds but for what it’s worth people usually enjoy this kind of thing in tech. It’s mostly in delivery. We had a comedian around once and he was doing a bit. Asked for volunteers and I went up obviously. He asks me what I do and I’m like “software haha like most people here I suppose” and he goes “yeah, but specifically how does your thing work” which is a transparent frame up job but what are you gonna do so I have to explain freaking ad tech in front of the audience and he roasts me proper. Pretty hilarious. We got a kick out of it. Loads of fun.
- golergka 2y agoThe fact that you don't think people should not be cancelled for saying something stupid doesn't mean that you have to love their jokes or even agree with what they are saying.
- krapp 2y agoYes, if any group is known for their good humored nature it's anti-woke libertarian tech-bros.