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Interstellar orgy-mobile is my new band name.
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Oliver's doing Scottish independence tonight.
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Sep 15, 2014 01:47
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DivisionPost posted:Oliver's doing Scottish independence tonight. He should have help from a person who does a comedy show in Scotland every year.
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Sep 15, 2014 01:53
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bobkatt013 posted:He should have help from a person who does a comedy show in Scotland every year. This is never gonna happen. Andy has a face for podcasts and he knows it. Fe: also everyone does fringe it's not like he'll have some special insight. poo poo I'm getting mad at myself for taking this somewhat seriously.
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Sep 15, 2014 01:58
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jojoinnit posted:This is never gonna happen. Andy has a face for podcasts and he knows it. I just want an Andy appearance and Scottish related pun run
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Sep 15, 2014 02:01
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bobkatt013 posted:I just want an Andy appearance and Scottish related pun run Andy said they'll be doing a proper Bugle soon, so you may be in luck.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:30
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The NFL, the FIFA of the United States
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Sep 15, 2014 04:02
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Huuu? What are they all talking about? Holy poo poo England. I kind of wish American politics was like that. Some loss of civility in congress might help get some poo poo done. BigRed0427 fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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ugh who cares what happens downstairsBigRed0427 posted:Holy poo poo England. I kind of wish American politics was like that. Some loss of civility in congress might help get some poo poo done. JT Jag fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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Sep 15, 2014 04:16
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I kind of wan't to watch Brave again. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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Sep 15, 2014 04:24
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We Don't Know What That Is But It's Not A Selfie
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Sep 15, 2014 04:25
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HOLY poo poo PAPA JOHNS!
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Sep 15, 2014 04:27
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The sooner this show goes to one hour a week, the better.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:31
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JT Jag posted:The sooner this show goes to one hour a week, the better. I'll take an hour every Sunday but would prefer 30 minutes sunday and Wednesday or something. I'd stop there though. I definitely don't think I could do 5 days a week. I don't watch the daily show partially for this reason.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:34
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Timett posted:I'll take an hour every Sunday but would prefer 30 minutes sunday and Wednesday or something.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:36
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Wow, the Brits really have dropped the ball on their case to maintain the union, haven't they?
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Sep 15, 2014 05:20
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BigRed0427 posted:Holy poo poo England. I kind of wish American politics was like that. Some loss of civility in congress might help get some poo poo done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qu7s-Wox0M
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Sep 15, 2014 07:16
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BigRed0427 posted:Huuu? What are they all talking about? They also have organized troll fights like in the aftermath of the queen's speech in which the opposition parties get to roast the dominant party.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:21
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Fantastic episode. I love that some companies have taken them up on their offer with that hashtag.
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Sep 15, 2014 08:03
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Gonz posted:Wow, the Brits really have dropped the ball on their case to maintain the union, haven't they? Its a mixed bag scenario, partly stemming from how the two sides can't possibly overlap their priorities entirely. The Yes campaign wants to prioritise Scotland, whilst of course the No campaign is looking at how their independence could adversely affect the rest of the UK. So each side has to set things so that the other side doesn't really matter so much, or make a half-assed attempt to somehow claim that the vote - whatever way it goes - won't have any negative consequences whatsoever. Of course, I'm not exactly in the best position to commentate, given I live in one of the few major urban areas that's actually managed to benefit from Westminster's London-centric economic policies - and that's largely because its close enough to London to not be inconvenient, but far enough out its cheaper for companies to set up branches here. Personally, from a historical and cultural perspective at least, I would prefer for Scotland to stay, but its not exactly hard to see where their various grievances are coming from, with the sheer geographical - and consequently economical - differences. My family kinda wishes that, if the Union were preserved, that there might be some steps to actually create a more federal Great Britain, with the administration of England (and perhaps London as well) devolved away from a government that should be looking out for the entire thing, and not just the sizeable pocket making them the most money. gently caress, move it to an island in the Irish Sea so its at least closer symbolically to being between them all, since we no longer live in an age where instantaneous communication over vast distances is impossible, and the monarchy and/or government no longer has to be within easy range of campaigning a war against whatever European nation we managed to piss off this week.
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Sep 15, 2014 12:21
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Please tell me in the interests of journalistic honesty John did, in fact, tweet 'u up' to that One Direction kid before the show. EDIT: Yes, yes he did. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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Sep 15, 2014 14:57
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MikeJF posted:Please tell me in the interests of journalistic honesty John did, in fact, tweet 'u up' to that One Direction kid before the show. That is one hundred times better than what I expected 
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Sep 15, 2014 18:33
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Tonight: John Oliver vs. The Miss America Pageant
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Sep 22, 2014 02:32
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I love how this show is unafraid to dive into bullshit no one is talking about.
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Sep 22, 2014 04:14
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hcreight posted:I love how this show is unafraid to dive into bullshit no one is talking about. It's really refreshing. I had heard nothing about the Cuba embargo renewal and, while I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call this investigative journalism, it's really nice to see someone calling out bullshit that would otherwise go unmentioned.
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:It's really refreshing. I had heard nothing about the Cuba embargo renewal and, while I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call this investigative journalism, it's really nice to see someone calling out bullshit that would otherwise go unmentioned. It really separates John Oliver from his peers. Most people who use this format just react to whatever poo poo is currently most prominent in the headlines or public zeitgeist. When I watch Last Week Tonight, I'm almost always going to learn about a topic I've either never heard of, or take deeper look at something I'm moderately aware of at best.
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Sep 22, 2014 08:13
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So Donald Trump is a clown made of mummified foreskin and cotton candy, huh?
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Sep 22, 2014 08:56
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Hahah I love that they did actual investigative journalism because they found the Miss America numbers so absurd.
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Sep 22, 2014 09:01
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:It really separates John Oliver from his peers. Most people who use this format just react to whatever poo poo is currently most prominent in the headlines or public zeitgeist. When I watch Last Week Tonight, I'm almost always going to learn about a topic I've either never heard of, or take deeper look at something I'm moderately aware of at best. Absolutely. I really thought this show was going to be a sub-par version of the Daily Show that might eventually get good. However after the first episode, Oliver and his crew really grabbed the ball and ran with it. They've really upped the bar in journalism and comedy.
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Shadoer posted:Absolutely. I really thought this show was going to be a sub-par version of the Daily Show that might eventually get good. However after the first episode, Oliver and his crew really grabbed the ball and ran with it. They've really upped the bar in journalism and comedy. 3rd'ed. As much as I love The Daily Show, I look forward to LWT more and more every Sunday.
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What the gently caress is going on with that Cuba ban? It's seemed unnecessary and unjustifiable for what seems like the majority of the time in which I've been alive.
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Hey, as long as it means I can go to a nice tropical vacation spot with no Americans around its fine by me. 
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hemophilia posted:What the gently caress is going on with that Cuba ban? It's seemed unnecessary and unjustifiable for what seems like the majority of the time in which I've been alive. Also, I broked the rule of "don't read comments" when it came to their YouTube upload of the Miss America bit. It's 95% /r/mensrights 
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Sep 22, 2014 17:32
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hemophilia posted:What the gently caress is going on with that Cuba ban? It's seemed unnecessary and unjustifiable for what seems like the majority of the time in which I've been alive. It seems to still be in place for no other reason than Cuba is still a politically radioactive subject for some people. In theory Obama could tackle it next year once he's officially reached lame duck status but I'm not holding my breath.
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I think it helps that Oliver and his crew have the rest of the week to decide, research, and then summarise whatever issue they want, as opposed to going from night to night with maybe a weekend extra to get set up. As a result, whilst he'll use the first half to maybe react to things, the latter segment is clearly planned out and likely well set up before hand, which makes it easier to get songs written, guest stars available, etc.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:33
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hemophilia posted:What the gently caress is going on with that Cuba ban? It's seemed unnecessary and unjustifiable for what seems like the majority of the time in which I've been alive. Miami-Dade County is where all the Cuban expats that fled Castro are. Until they die off the embargo will never be lifted by democrats because it's believed that they would all turn republican in retaliation and Florida is close enough as is. It will never be lifted by republicans because lol at them doing anything decent.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:45
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Astro Nut posted:I think it helps that Oliver and his crew have the rest of the week to decide, research, and then summarise whatever issue they want, as opposed to going from night to night with maybe a weekend extra to get set up. As a result, whilst he'll use the first half to maybe react to things, the latter segment is clearly planned out and likely well set up before hand, which makes it easier to get songs written, guest stars available, etc. Oliver was saying they were researching the Miss America thing well into the eleventh hour, though. Could be the numbers in this case were that impenetrable, but I don't think they put the full week's time into it. That said, I don't think they could do this four nights a week either.
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Sep 22, 2014 19:05
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hcreight posted:It seems to still be in place for no other reason than Cuba is still a politically radioactive subject for some people. In theory Obama could tackle it next year once he's officially reached lame duck status but I'm not holding my breath.
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Yeah I don't pretend to know anything about Cuban/American politics, but I've been to Cuba and seeing the people there, especially in the rural areas, having trouble accessing basic goods, when they're just off the coast of the richest country in the world, that was heartbreaking. The embargo seemed like a huge weight on everybody's lives there.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Oliver was saying they were researching the Miss America thing well into the eleventh hour, though. Could be the numbers in this case were that impenetrable, but I don't think they put the full week's time into it. That said, I don't think they could do this four nights a week either. Oh, I don't imagine they use the full time, but its like, they've got the first few days to mull over to themselves just what they might wanna look into, and then spend maybe several days before the show doing the research. As to the research for this being right up to the last minute, I think they just had no idea how deep the rabbit hole went.
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