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GobiasIndustries posted:Looking forward to one (hopefully) last Carlos Danger update soon. Came here to say this. Carlos Danger rides again.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Here's this week's web exclusive in case anyone missed it That made me cringe a bit.
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I just saw the API's ad against EPA mandates while watching Colbert on the CBS app. So... 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apumpVGBpP8 Pretty meh web exclusive. I wouldn't have even bothered posting it except the beginning joke about Labour Day is a joke I've been making my whole life since I was born on Labour Day.
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Asiina posted:I wouldn't have even bothered posting it except the beginning joke about Labour Day is a joke I've been making my whole life since I was born on Labour Day. Bless you.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Bless you. 
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Bless you. 
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Here's this week's web exclusive in case anyone missed it What the hell was this?
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John was testing out a new bit, or he lost a dare idk whatever.
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I miss the Bugle because John's shtick is to be righteously indignant about current events and sorely needs and an Andy Zaltsman to play devil's advocate. Like every one of Last Week's segments could be improved by a "You know John..." justification of said event and then followed by a pun run.
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gently caress you John, birds are great.
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Lurks Morington posted:I miss the Bugle because John's shtick is to be righteously indignant about current events and sorely needs and an Andy Zaltsman to play devil's advocate. Like every one of Last Week's segments could be improved by a "You know John..." justification of said event and then followed by a pun run. No one wants a pun run
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Here's the new video in case anyone missed it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l2Y6Z-maAU Doctor Reynolds posted:gently caress you John, birds are great. But what are they? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0Y2hVe_bw Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Doctor Reynolds posted:gently caress you John, birds are great. Great, another shill for Big Bird.
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LWT took the best writing and variety show Emmys this year https://twitter.com/Variety/status/777698042161934337
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I'm with John, wtf is Kars4Kids.
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Why did his youtube channel upload that old Syrian Refugee video the other day? 
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Mr Interweb posted:Why did his youtube channel upload that old Syrian Refugee video the other day? I think was because noted shitbird Mike Huckabee was making an almost identical argument to Trump Jr's poisoned Skittles™ bit.
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I was under the impression that was the specific episode they were Emmy nominated for.
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swickles posted:I was under the impression that was the specific episode they were Emmy nominated/won for.
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stone cold posted:I wish he had spent more time on Trump than Hillary. Actually I prefer it this way. Unlike most things in the media it was an actually fair coverage of both sides. And it thoroughly showed that saying Hillary is just as bad as Trump is absolutely ridiculous. If he just covered Trumps bullshit, everyone would just close their ears and claim, that she's just as bad.
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stone cold posted:I wish he had spent more time on Trump than Hillary. The point of this segment was not just a cathartic act of preaching to the choir (though it was that too), it was more to try and put in perspective Clinton's scandals. He needs to take time to explain Clinton's issues because he's very carefully not dismissing them or criticizing people who think they're real issues... he's just trying to bring them into an appropriate contrast with Trump. If you've looked into Clinton's issues, and you think they're a legitimate concern... you're not being unreasonable. And if someone said to you that you were being dumb for caring about that poo poo, you would be understandably put off. The thing is, it is dumb to care about those things to the point where you won't vote for her. Because that's either half a vote for Trump (if you stay home or vote third party), or perhaps a whole vote for Trump which would be horrific. John Oliver did a good job of explaining that because he first explained that he understood how that hypothetical fence sitter feels. And then, by accepting those concerns as valid, he showed that even more valid concerns should preclude anyone who cares about that poo poo from not supporting her. It's crazy that it's a point that even needs to be made, but there's something about these figures... Maybe it's because corrupt politicians are seen as selfish, while corrupt businessmen are just doing their job or something. Or maybe it's because she's been subject of right wing media attacks for two decades, and he's been a jokes for two decades. Or maybe it's because she's a woman and he's a bro. But whatever it is, people have a hard time recognizing the order of magnitude difference between these two, so I'm really glad he put this out there the way he did. The whole segment is on Youtube if people want to share it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Lfd1aB9YI
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Eiba posted:It's crazy that it's a point that even needs to be made, but there's something about these figures... Maybe it's because corrupt politicians are seen as selfish, while corrupt businessmen are just doing their job or something. Or maybe it's because she's been subject of right wing media attacks for two decades, and he's been a jokes for two decades. Or maybe it's because she's a woman and he's a bro. But whatever it is, people have a hard time recognizing the order of magnitude difference between these two, so I'm really glad he put this out there the way he did.
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I've been waiting for ever for someone to do a piece like this, it was great. I'm a bit mad but not surprised that it had to come from a comedian and not a journalist.
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Stop encouraging these people by voting! It's like throwing tires on a dumpster fire. God I hate everything about this election. "You can't throw poo poo at a pile of poo poo, without making a bigger pile of poo poo."
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"The election is neck and neck*!" * according to a few cherry-picked polls, please don't ever find fivethirtyeight.com.
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Hey guys, have fun picking between the candidate you don't really like that much and the bringer of the apocalypse.
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MiddleOne posted:Hey guys, have fun picking between the candidate you don't really like that much and the bringer of the apocalypse.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"The election is neck and neck*!" Well... Hillary is only at 54% now and I am prepared that Trump gets the softest of softballs in the debate. Goddammit America, you loving deserve Trump! I just wish you wouldn't pull the rest of the world down into this pile of poo poo once you enact your political suicide.
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Toplowtech posted:The right choice was obvious months ago but let me repeat it to you every 5 seconds every loving part of the day on every media, just in case you missed it, or like you are loving stupid, i hope it doesn't drive you mad or make you fell like we are loving assholes too. I don't want to feel like i didn't help even if it doesn't really help. The right choice would have been never to have let him get near the presidential nomination in the first place but this is how desperate the Republican party has become. Basically any of the other primary candidates would have at least been tolerable as presidents (I mean I wouldn't have voted for them but I'm Canadian so I don't get a say anyway). But no, they had to go with the crazy one. Of course the real problem with Trump's candidacy is how it's been handled by the media - they're all playing the "well both sides have some flaws" game and by doing that they're normalizing people like Trump. Even if he loses, there's just going to be more people like him running in future elections. The Cheshire Cat fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Sep 26, 2016 |
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The Cheshire Cat posted:The right choice would have been never to have let him get near the presidential nomination in the first place but this is how desperate the Republican party has become. Basically any of the other primary candidates would have at least been tolerable as presidents (I mean I wouldn't have voted for them but I'm Canadian so I don't get a say anyway). But no, they had to go with the crazy one. Actually most of the other Republican candidates were empty suits with the same or worse opinions on most important issues. About the only thing Trump is appreciably to the right of any major candidate on is his magical thinking on global trade. And since Mike Pence would be running the country anyway while Trump went on a four-year book tour, you would not be getting different from them anyway.
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MiddleOne posted:Hey guys, have fun picking between the candidate you don't really like that much and the bringer of the apocalypse. Of the 4 Democratic Candidates for President since I've been able to vote, Hillary is easily top two with the unstoppable Juggernaut that is Campaign Obama. If you were ok with Gore or Kerry there's no reasonable no-Hillary position.
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Eiba posted:The point of this segment was not just a cathartic act of preaching to the choir (though it was that too), it was more to try and put in perspective Clinton's scandals.  I know that Sam Bee has gotten some flack for her misrepresentation of Bernie Sanders supporters, but at least she makes an effort to be funny, which is more than you can say about John Oliver over the past year or so. He's a very funny person, he just chooses not to be for reasons that I can't quite make sense about. I want this show to be worth watching like it was at the beginning of its run, but it's clear that this isn't his goal anymore.
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Y-Hat posted:I remember when he was cathartic, put stories into perspective, and was funny all at the same time. But after hearing about the context for this image, it seems like he's still not bothering to do the last bit outside of "pop culture reference." Here is he dragging my beloved New Jersey Devils through the mud by connecting a fake quote of Hillary saying "I am the devil" by talking about her fictional time as that team's mascot. He's always done the pop culture reference thing though? Y-Hat posted:Here is he dragging my beloved New Jersey Devils through the mud by connecting a fake quote of Hillary saying "I am the devil" by talking about her fictional time as that team's mascot. Seriously?
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xcore posted:He's always done the pop culture reference thing though? xcore posted:Seriously? get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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