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Topic	Maybe people don't like stand up comedians
wah_wah_wah 05/09/17 7:15:32 AM #7:	Milkman5 posted... wah_wah_wah posted... If the Internet existed in the 80's they'd be saying the same thing about Kinison or Carlin. There's always going to be a bunch of extremely weak people that cannot tolerate hearing anything that is different from their own views. But it isn't just that. Dunham Silverman Cook Louis CK Mencia Griffin The Blue Collar guys Silverman etc like every popular comedian from the past 10 years was largely hated for reasons other than "they have different views" Being a pandering hack is the only other reason people hate certain comedians. Which pandering is the opposite problem - they have views that are painfully too similar to their target audience, to the point that it is both insincere and boring comedy. That is an acceptable reason to dislike a stand-up. Stand-up gives you complete freedom to say any thought you want, it's all you, and to waste it by telling tired stereotype jokes and shouting out "HOW ARE YOU CLEEVEEELANND!" is squandering that freedom. <cite>wah_wah_wah posted [p:878752743] in Maybe peop... [t:75327171]...</cite> <quote><cite>Milkman5 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>wah_wah_wah posted...</cite> <quote>If the Internet existed in the 80's they'd be saying the same thing about Kinison or Carlin. There's always going to be a bunch of extremely weak people that cannot tolerate hearing anything that is different from their own views.</quote> But it isn't just that. Dunham Silverman Cook Louis CK Mencia Griffin The Blue Collar guys Silverman etc like every popular comedian from the past 10 years was largely hated for reasons other than "they have different views"</quote> Being a pandering hack is the only other reason people hate certain comedians. Which pandering is the opposite problem - they have views that are painfully too similar to their target audience, to the point that it is both insincere and boring comedy. That is an acceptable reason to dislike a stand-up. Stand-up gives you complete freedom to say any thought you want, it's all you, and to waste it by telling tired stereotype jokes and shouting out "HOW ARE YOU CLEEVEEELANND!" is squandering that freedom.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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