• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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    So is Donald Trump “presidential” yet? Trump will never get a bigger or better venue than Madison Square Garden between now and the election and THIS is the stupid shit he is going with.

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      Are they? Are they really? Puerto Rico still isn’t allowed to be it’s own state

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        They are still U S. citizens, just not citizens of any state. Same thing can happen if you are born in DC or a military base not in a state.

        American Samoans are the ones that really get screwed. They are just U S. nationals. All the responsibilities of citizens (including the draft when it exists) but not all of the benefits.

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    Well they can’t vote for president. Unless the move to to the fifty states of confusion.

    Right after Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in 2017 I was at the local dount shop. All the local cofee drinker/maga’s were there and this one POS was going on and on about how none of those filthy people were gonna come here and live off his tax dollars. It was so stupid that I laughed. This dipshit asked me with a swagger in his voice what was so funny. I informed him that any one of them could get on a plane and come to the US. As soon as they changed their drivers license address they could register to vote. One or two of his asshole buddies confirmed that it was true and he was simply floored. Flummoxed is the best way to describe him.

    He reminded me of this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmvR0VkYuDs

    Edit: changed a f to a r

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    This was such a weird choice, when the GOP was already getting more Latino support than previously… Wouldn’t they want to court these people? Why would they straight up insult an entire voting bloc (one that experts have said could decide the outcome) this close to an election??

    I know it’s most likely just racism and stupidity, but I couldn’t help but think that this dude did this on purpose to get less people to vote Republican? I mean, why else would they do this?

    I previously knew this dude from his name, as the guy who writes most people’s (particularly non-comedians) insult jokes at Roasts. I’m kind of surprised (but not really, I believe he hangs/hung around Rogan) he’s a Trump supporter given the type of material he’s written in the past.

    I’m not a fan of Roasts, but I’m pretty sure this dude was supposed to be considered like the best at that. At least previously.

    Maybe someone who knows more about this guy can weigh in on it. It’s probably just racism if I’m being real.

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      All humans are trash. There’s this misconception that poor people are better humans. They’re not, they’re just powerless.

      In this case, if you take a person with almost nothing and tell them some with less is going to take what they have…

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    “It was just a joke!”

    Oh, I don’t get it. Can you explain to me what the joke is? Like, can you put into words why you find that funny?

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      I think it’d be subverting expectations. From the start you might think it’s about the Pacific trash island that has collected there, but then it turns the other way and calls Puerto Rico a trash island. A decently funny joke imo, even if rude. I’ve seen the same joke being done about the UK and it did get a proper chuckle out of me.

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        The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

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          Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.

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          It can be meaner but for a stand-up I think it could be fine, if the context is comedy and it didn’t have genuine hatred behind it. In this case it’s clear that it was used as a tool of hatred and not just for making a joke.

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    Tony, Chapelle, and Joe Rogan are actively murdering comedy. They blame everyone but themselves because they can’t get with the times. They look down on people and punch down constantly, and still manage to miss the mark. They are not down to earth, they are not relatable, and they should NOT be looked up to.

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    Tony Hinchcliffe is not funny. Watched his podcast for a while then totally abandoned it because I realized I wasn’t laughing during most episodes. It’s mostly seasoned comics taking cheap shots at amateurs and then saying some racist shit while they all laugh and no one in the audience does. His nasally voice is annoying as fuck and hitching his wagon to the trump train seems pretty on brand for that fuckwit. His comedy brand caters to the same people who really like Joe Rogan and Alex Jones, both regulars on the podcast. Shocking I know.

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      He’s auditioning for a job with Shaprio’s outfit, or some other similar conservative shitpile. It’s not a coincidence that 99% of Right Wing grifters are failures in the entertainment business. Failed actors, comedians, screenwriters, musicians. They’re all narcissists, and more than a little psychopathic. They all think cruelty = comedy. They’re shitty human beings who should be ostracized.

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    Piece of shit human trash calls Puerto Rico “trash”. Republicans are shit 💩

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    They’re absolutely terrified of Puerto Rican statehood, so they try to drive them away.

    Little piss-baby cowards.

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    The joke only works if you understand that it’s not true and that no one can obviously believe it.

    If it’s done where you and everyone thinks it’s true, you’re at a Klan rally or probably at the comedy mothership or something.