Seriously miserable people. Lighten up!

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    I’ve bothered in the past to punch up some conservative jokes so they’d still be hateful and conservative but also y’know, function as jokes to see if its possible. Totally is, in form you can construct half decent conservative jokes but I don’t think you can if you’re a conservative, doing good mocking humor still requires the ability to put yourself in another’s shoes to an extent, you’ve gotta be able to understand what you’re shitting on to do it well, and they don’t have that.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Oh yes, it’s definitely possible. But it’s not possible for conservative comedians, because their brains are swiss cheese. Conservatives don’t respect comedians, they only respect extremely wealthy white men, or soldiers, or car dealership owners. Any conservative comedian is going to have internal self-hatred built into it.

      I’ve seen a few chuds doing open mike or small shows at a local comedy venue I go to sometimes. They’re always like that. It’s always like a one-man surreal theater where you watch a guy grapple with emotional trauma he’s externalized as hatred of women or gay people or whatever. It’s exactly like you said, they can’t see the perspective of anyone else because they’re wrapped in a bubble of self-loathing they’re refusing to acknowledge