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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

I think you missed my point about Carlin, by like a mile.

No, I have never heard of him doing anything similar to one of his friends, although Im not sure what that has to do with his standup routines. However, most of his humor in his later years was very dark and he basically admitted in interviews that he looked forward to people being wiped off the planet as a species. I dont know anyone who particularly likes Ari Shaffir, but like Carlin or any other offensive comic, Im not sure why that would matter to whether or not his jokes went too far.

Because people who show they are good intentioned outside of their jokes make it easier to laugh with them when they make harsh observations and jokes. When you do shit like I mentioned before, it's a little harder to share in on a laugh. Not impossible to share a laugh, but why wouldn't you want to go with the guy you know isn't taking pleasure in mocking people who just died on public platforms and drugging their friend?

Plus, that's just adding to him just always going for low hanging fruit. He built shows around going for low hanging fruit. He probably does have a good clever joke here and there, but he'll always go for that low hanging fruit that others moved on from after the 90s and aren't hacky enough to try to get away with. There's way better options out there and you can laugh with them knowing they're not complete douchebags. He's not a strong enough comedy to make up for being a piece of shit. That's why no large group cried or made a ruckus when everybody dropped him. He just kind of left everyone's minds immediately. Tho, obviously not mine lol. But that's not cause he's good. So, doesn't count.

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