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Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:34:10 AM #123 | DnDer posted...
No. It's been worse. He wouldn't have gotten the flak he has over "they're annoying." Well, if you go back to the jokes that originally got people in an uproar, the joke basically was that they are annoying, but to each other. It was very much "stereotype" humor, which, if you watched his show or earlier stand up, was Dave's bread and butter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHpnc0oDauc --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:30:53 AM #120 | ooger posted...
It's not a defense, it is an observation. Your original comment was in response to someone calling out people that were OK with his racially motivated jokes, and your response was: This may come as a complete shocker to you. The way you said it with (how I interpreted it) insulting tones, made it sound like you were defending them. If those weren't your intentions, then I apologized for misreading it. Chappelle Show was 21 years ago, but people in here were commenting on how they STILL find it (along with his earlier stand-ups) funny. And your observation, that you have since doubled down on, was that "it was a different time". It's not a "different time" if they STILL find it funny. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | $50 billion, but the entire world goes Vegan forever. |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:22:44 AM #116 | BucketCat posted...
no. there is no amount of money you can pay me to go vegan. livestock are far too useful for a lot of things besides meat. Yeah. Kinda what I've been saying this whole time. The world going Vegetarian? Maybe. The world going Vegan would probably be impossible. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:20:23 AM #117 | ooger posted...
If you've been paying any attention to the content of my posts in this thread, it should be blatantly obvious that I am not a fan. So then why are you defending, under the guise of "it was a different time", that it was OK to find his comedy of 2003 funny? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:16:46 AM #115 | ooger posted...
It's not an insult, it's an observation. I do. I obviously understand that. But there are people in here saying that his older material is STILL some of the funniest stuff they've heard, and they don't get nearly the crap that people get when they say his current material is funny. The world changed, so if you still think the jokes from 2003 are still funny, doesn't that make it just as bad as thinking the 2024 jokes are funny? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | What gaming achievment of yours can you not match anymore? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 10:04:48 AM #20 | I used to be able to beat Contra without using the "Konami Code". I used to have every movement memorized to get through at least the first 5-6 levels without losing a life.
Zero chance I'd be able to do that now. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Your first thought when you're out and about and see someone with a mohawk? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:59:36 AM #9 | My initial reaction ranges between the first 3 options, depending on how pronounced the mohawk is.
--- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | $50 billion, but the entire world goes Vegan forever. |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:55:56 AM #114 | Giant_Aspirin posted...
sure. but i thought we established the implementation details aren't relevant to the question at hand. let's just pretend the transition is possible with minimal negative impact in our lovely hypothetical scenario here Maybe, but when OP says nothing but "No one will be allowed to eat any kind of meat ever again." I read that to be an instant switch. Never mind the fact that "going Vegan" entails a lot more than just not eating meat. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | American Airlines backtracks blaming 9 y/o for being filmed in bathroom |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:53:53 AM #14 | LightHawKnight posted...
Usually good non idiotic PR teams will at least go over any statements before they get made for a large company. So yeah seems pretty idiotic to me. It wasn't a "Statement" it was a legal filing. One the PR team wouldn't even see. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | $50 billion, but the entire world goes Vegan forever. |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:46:47 AM #112 | Giant_Aspirin posted...
it blows my mind that people still think this is some argument against going vegan. what do you think we feed animals before we turn them into food? on average, it takes 10 pounds of food to produce 1 pound of meat. for beef, this rises to 16 lbs. instead of dedicating the vast majority of our farmland to producing food for our future food, we could produce food for ourselves with a significantly fewer amount of resources. Yeah, this isn't as much of an argument as it would be to figure out how to handle the instant change of producing billions of pounds of meat for consumption to producing billions of pounds of vegan food options, as the processes are vastly different. Could a gradual move towards a world that is 100% vegan (at least food wise, because there are certain products, such as medicine, that require animal biproducts like gelatin) absolutely. Could we make a "light switch" change to Veganism tomorrow? Absolutely not. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:29:47 AM #111 | Murphiroth posted...
The spin now is that you're a racist if you don't find his trans jokes as funny as his old jokes, because apparently that's the only possible way you might think that. "Seemed" is a good choice of words, becasue Chappelle is basically the Clarence from 8 Mile of black comedy. Born to upper-middle class suburban parents, but talked about his experiences going through the "hood", so people assumed that was his upbringing. As far as his trans "jokes". What really sucks is that his original jokes about the LGBTQ+ community actually had some humor attached to it. Look up his "Alphabet Car Ride" joke. It just plays on stereotypes on how the LGBTQ+ community treats each other, and was the preachy BS that his most recent two special were. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:27:38 AM #110 | KitKats posted...
I see theyre trying once again to pull the just jokes bro excuse to be openly bigoted and transphobic. Embarrassing. Possibly. That's why I made it a point to say how his most recent standup wasn't good other than when he told the story about when he was almost attacked at Hollywood Bowl, becasue that was really the only part of the standup (other than the parts about his wife) where he was actually telling jokes. The rest was just him being kinda preachy. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:25:30 AM #107 | GujinKami posted...
Maybe that's how he genuinely feels but he's doing everything in his power to avoid getting booted from CE by just not admitting it. Maybe. And I'm not asking to create some sort of "gotcha" moment. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Atari acquires Intellivision |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:22:23 AM #13 | LeoRavus posted...
What is this 1980 Was just about to say that. Feels like a headline from 40 years ago. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:20:39 AM #104 | ooger posted...
Yeah and it looks like you haven't changed mentally. So, you're not going to answer the question, and just rely on insults instead? Are you ok when people say that his show was funny, despite a majority of it was humor based on making fun of groups that were (and still are) marginalized? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:18:28 AM #102 | ooger posted...
I'm saying that in 2003, Gay marriage wasn't legal and the Iraq & Afghanistan wars had just barely kicked off. Ok. And in 2003 I had a full head of hair, but now I don't. That didn't answer my question though, so I'll ask again.... Are you ok when people say that his show was funny, despite a majority of it was humor based on making fun of groups that were (and still are) marginalized? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 9:09:13 AM #100 | ooger posted...
All I'm seeing is that you don't understand the concept of the passage of time. So, you're ok when people say that his show was funny, despite a majority of it was humor based on making fun of groups that were (and still are) marginalized? Like, it's OK that he used to make fun of marginalized groups, but it's not OK that he still does. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 8:53:44 AM #90 | KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Yes, but hes starting to get more applause than laughs.I feel like thats the case with most comics that do any sort of real societal comedy. Whether its a a guy like Lewis Black or Jon Stewart joking about Trump, or Roseanne or some other MAGAt going off about those damn liberals, comedy that gets applause instead of laughs really isnt comedy. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 8:50:20 AM #88 | ooger posted...
Remember when Dave brought out Musk so that Musk could shout "I'm rich bitch!" and got boooooh'd?What does that have to do with Chappelles continued popularity? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 8:46:11 AM #84 | ooger posted...
The fact that Chapelle can still sell out arenas, have someone like Dave Grohl invite him on stage to perform with Foo Fighters, and get a Netflix special whenever he wants one forces me to ask Have we? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 7:29:58 AM #80 | KitKats posted...
Im sorry, but this does not pass the sniff test.He didnt have to defend those jokes because no one took issue with them. He just doubled down on them and people kept laughing --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
bigblu89 05/23/24 7:27:43 AM #254 | reincarnator07 posted...
What makes you think that minimum wage will be anywhere near that in 10 years? Hell, it's nearly 15 years since the last increase and wages outside the upper middle class have been stagnant. I think you're really underselling $60k/year for nothingI mean it would have the buying power of what current minimum wage has now. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Tastiest video game food? |
bigblu89 05/23/24 7:25:26 AM #17 | Lobster Cola - Triple Play 98
--- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is my friend wrong? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 11:22:58 PM #13 | Couldnt you just say Guy and girl are no longer together, but still live together for financial reasons. Girl now likes someone else. Does guy have a right to be mad?
Or reverse the sexes. I couldnt really keep up. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | $5k a month to NOT work, or $50K a month to work 12 hour days |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:19:35 PM #252 | Solar_Crimson posted...
$5k a month is significantly more than I make now, and I now have freedom to do whatever I want without worrying about financials, so that's an easy choice for me.Just keep in mind, in 10 years when inflation makes that $5k equate to below minimum wage and you have to go back to work, how youre going to explain the 10 year gap in your employment --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:08:01 PM #67 | VFalcone posted...
People that probably arent interested in facing the mob by giving their reasons why they still think hes funny. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:01:34 PM #65 | DnDer posted...
Good comedian and funny aren't always the same thing.He always punched down. He just punched down on subjects we were OK with being punched down in a time when punch down humor wasnt seen as that big of a deal. Like, to many, he was approaching GOAT status when he was doing punch down jokes and his subjects were poor, black, drug addicts. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:57:41 PM #62 | AceMos posted...
to people who think he is still funnyHe has other jokes. In his last stand up, the bit he did about when he was almost attacked at Hollywood Bowl was amusing. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Patrick Mahomes says Harrison Buttker is one of the good ones |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:50:23 PM #38 | The entire quote, where he basically says he disagrees with what Butker said, but he gets along with him, and recognizes that on a team of 50+ guys, theyre not all going to have the same belief system.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/84b6b367.jpg --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Curly Fries vs Tater Tots vs Waffle Fries |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:46:31 PM #16 | ironman2009 posted...
do love me some TTsNo horny posting please --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | I'm sorry y'all, but if Trump gets re-elected, the US deserves whatever comes |
bigblu89 05/22/24 4:05:06 PM #19 | SilvosForever posted...
I'm voting against Trump. I hope YOU vote against Trump. I largely agree with this. I'd rather 4 more years of Biden's border line centrist rule over whatever shitstorm 4 years of Trump will bring us. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Is Dave Chapelle a good comedian? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 3:36:22 PM #4 | That time of the month already?
I feel like the monthly Chappelle thread already happened this month. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 3:23:27 PM #47 | LightningThief posted...
Like I said, romanticized it. Maybe I was blinded by the fact that I could leave my house and be in Atlantic City in 2.5 hours, but Online Poker is a thing. Assuming its legal in your state, you can play poker for money on your phone. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 2:14:54 PM #39 | LightningThief posted...
We aren't forgetting that, we just don't think it's worth it as the skills being associated to it is being romanticized a bit. Skill plays a factor in poker but so does luck. Being able to read people in a specific game doesn't mean it will translate to unrelated professions. Even the lying thing, lying is not a top notch skill..... and the skill at lying in a specific subject doesnt mean you can take that to any profession. In fact, it's entirely useless in my career and many other careers. You can literally make more than $30k in Atlantic City in a month, bouncing around from casino to casino, playing low-level $500 buy-in tournaments. You don't even have to worry about bringing it into the "real life". So, like I said, I think people were just blinded by the "$30k to do nothing" option and went with that. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 1:25:48 PM #35 | Ivany2008 posted...
I think people seem to forget that your not just getting Poker skills. Your getting the skills and abilities of the best Poker player ever. Ergo, bluffing, knowing when people are bullshitting you, keeping a straight face when your lying, card counting, being able to see things most people wouldn't, etc. A lot of which can be transferred into other fields. I think people were just blinded by the "$30k to do nothing" option and went with that. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession |
bigblu89 05/22/24 1:24:13 PM #19 | I gotta assume people just don't know exactly what it means when the country is in a recession.
People just assume "recession" means "I can't afford stuff". --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Can we bring back the 80s? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 1:20:22 PM #47 | Which part?
The part where Crack wiped out entire neighborhoods? The part where we pretended AIDS was just a "gay and junkie" problem? The part where the major divide between the have and have nots started? Or do we just want to bring back the music? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Would you rather be named Cleo Dookieslide or Sharty Waffles |
bigblu89 05/22/24 12:25:08 PM #7 | But on topic, probably Cleo Dookieslide.
It's rare to introduce yourself using both first and last name, so telling people your name is "Cleo" is a lot better than telling people your name is "Sharty". Plus, I assume "Cleo Dookieslide" is a woman, so once they get married, they can just take their husband's last name. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Would you rather be named Cleo Dookieslide or Sharty Waffles |
bigblu89 05/22/24 12:23:20 PM #5 | I'm a big fan of the show, and was "friends of friends of friends" with two of the guys before the show started so I've been supporting from the jump, but it does sometimes feel like it's just the same show over and over again.
But it's incredibly cheap to make, so as long as people keep watching, and keep showing up when they go on tour, it's not stopping anytime soon. They're already signed on for another season. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | "I never asked to be born!" |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:31:47 AM #12 | Evening_Dragon posted...
I hate the aesthetic of this, but I can't actually find fault in the logic. That she is such a way I'd their Gault. Either she was raised to be that way, or she was born that way, and they are responsible for both.The odd thing is, neither of her parents, nor her brother, are like this. My uncle retired at 45 (firefighter), got another job (investigator for Geico) and then retired again at 60. My aunt is still working at 65 (retiring this month). Her brother was in the workforce and out of the house by 25. Do her parents enable her? Absolutely. It wouldnt be happening otherwise. But I feel theres a difference between Mom and Dad will be there to cover my oh shit moments and Mom and Dad SHOULD be covering everything, because I didnt ask to be here --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:07:23 AM #31 | MagiMarthKoopa posted...
30kThis couldnt be further from the truth. Do you think its a coincidence that the same guys are playing in the final weekend of the WS of Poker every year? Of the thousands that enter? Are they just the 40 luckiest guys in the world? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | "I never asked to be born!" |
bigblu89 05/22/24 10:00:05 AM #5 | I HATE THIS SAYING. Like, with a passion.
Mainly becasue it's the sole reason my cousin gives for basically ANYTHING that doesn't go her way. She's very "My parents decided to have me, so I see no reason why they shouldn't still be supporting me at 35 whenever I need their help". Car needs new tires? My uncle buys them because "I only have this car to get me to the job that YOU made me get!" UberEats every meal, passes the CC Bill to her Mom. "You're the parent. It's your job to feed your children." It's infuriating. And then when people (admitted, rudely) asks her why she's still single and if she's met anyone, she has the never to say "I don't need anyone. I can take care of myself. I'm all that I need!" --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:53:10 AM #28 | Ivany2008 posted...
Why would anyone in their right mind take 30k? In the world of professional poker that's literal change. Even if you don't like Poker (I'm more of a Blackjack lover myself), you can earn more than 30k in a single night. People are lazy --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | 30000 upfront, or, get the skills and talent of the best Poker Player ever. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:48:04 AM #26 | ShaneMcComez posted...
Poker is like roughly 80% luck, 20% skill. Sure, being skilled in poker can get you consistently a little far into tournaments, but there's also plenty of other skilled poker players out there and you really need to be lucky to get enough good hands to win tournaments. If you have the skills and talent of the best poker player ever, you can play in low level tournaments that the best of the best don't even bother playing in. You'd be playing against "weekend warrior" players and none of the big players you see on TV. You can easily make 30 grand a month doing that. And you probably have the Luck/Skill percentages reversed. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Video game complaints I will never understand as long as I live. |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:18:19 AM #7 | QTEs randomly dropped into cutscenes in games where QTEs aren't used otherwise can be a little annoying.
Like in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. I'm watching a crazy scene of Spidey trying to save people on a runaway rollercoaster, and 5 minutes into the scene have to randomly press square to dodge an arrow? What does that add to the game other than forcing the player to pay attention to the scene? --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Joe Biden said that Obama sent him to Detroit during the pandemic |
bigblu89 05/22/24 9:12:59 AM #8 | Yeah but Trump (insert one of the billion stupid things Trump has said or done).
--- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
Topic | Have you ever questioned your sexuality or gender? |
bigblu89 05/22/24 7:43:24 AM #22 | archizzy posted...
Never. From my earliest memory I knew 100% what I was. Never once doubted that.Same. Can I admit another man is handsome/good looking? Absolutely. Have I ever been attracted to one? No. --- You gotta laugh. That is the one thing at the end of your life you will not wish you did less of. |
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