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Echo Chamber posted:Oliver may be refreshingly more forceful, but let's not overstate the impact of the show. Miss America will still be around for years. Telecom companies still have the upper hand with lobbyists and access to the government. People are still buying snake oil vitamins. And those geckos are dead. Yeah I don't think anyone's saying John Oliver will bring these vile institutions to their knees, it's just cool to get something different and interesting.
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mr. unhsib posted:Anyone else lose it at the asian daughter part of the home depot sketch? That entire bit was hysterical.
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Nov 4, 2014 16:28
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Xoidanor posted:I can barely even imagine the logistics that must have gone into the salmon scene. I'm starting to think Last Week Tonight is part of an elaborate and ridiculous money laundering operation.
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Nov 10, 2014 15:21
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emanresu tnuocca posted:Pro tier trolling While he's clearly trying to stir up poo poo, as always, dude has a point: it's only a matter of time before Israel decides they want the whole drat thing again.
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Dec 6, 2014 15:42
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"If something is a joke on Scrubs, you know it's common knowledge." Amazing. Welcome back, John.
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Feb 9, 2015 07:54
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SyRauk posted:Why isn't this show over 30 minutes? You don't understand, I need a constant stream of John talking in my ears at all times. You can always listen to old episodes of The Bugle.
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Feb 9, 2015 20:01
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IRQ posted:Wouldn't a homeopathic vaccine be like when everyone's moms made them go play with the kid that got chicken pox? Only with highly infectious and deadly diseases? No, homeopathy is something that actually does something distilled down to absolutely nothing because it's mixed with so much goddamn water that it is insignificant. The water "remembers", you see. Homeopathy and holistic medicine often get confused, but at least holistic remedies often involve things that are actually things.
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Feb 10, 2015 23:00
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I don't know why everyone is so convinced that Oliver won't touch the whole vaccination debate (god why is this a debate). Sure, it's gotten plenty of attention in the media, but surely it could use LWT's long-form approach. I'd be surprised if John didn't talk about it at length eventually.
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Feb 16, 2015 22:32
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Much as I love Charlie Booker, he doesn't have a line in the budget for muppets.
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Feb 23, 2015 15:32
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I kind of want to play that incredibly depressing game. I never got into the whole March Madness thing, but goddamn were most of my friends in high school into it. Now that I'm older and I've heard about the dark side of the NCAA, when they want to talk about their brackets, it's sad as well as boring.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:24
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Irish Joe posted:Yeah, I know. Just call it a wash until Sunday, you're obviously a bit off your game. I laughed, though.
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Mar 26, 2015 20:57
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I've had him on ignore for years. I only saw that because of people quoting him and it gave me the opportunity to give me a informed reason to call him a pus filled dick. This is why I don't bother ignoring him. I know I'll eventually be trolled into responding to him seriously so why bother hiding him away?
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Mar 27, 2015 19:23
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Gotta hand it to Oliver, he knows how to communicate with Americans.
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Apr 6, 2015 07:29
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Echo Chamber posted:The Daily Beast: "John Oliver Makes Edward Snowden Squirm on Last Week Tonight" It's the best headline they got out of it.
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Apr 6, 2015 18:39
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xcore posted:What's the obvious retort to this attitude? I come across it often and I find it very hard to rebut. "Of course you do, you idiot."
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Apr 7, 2015 01:36
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I used to like TED Talks until I realized they were basically saying nothing in as many words as possible.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:44
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BIG HEADLINE posted:They're generally pretty quick to post, but the issue then isn't so much the timing...but the zerg rush of *everyone* accessing the same streams at the same time. I've a feeling the first GoT episode, combined with Silicon Valley, Veep, and LWT all being new and dropping *all in a row* is going to make everyone who bought into HBO Now scream bloody loving murder come Monday. Here's hoping HBO *really* upped their bandwidth in preparation. Oh man, new season of Veep is happening tomorrow, isn't it? Forget GoT, that's what I need to see.
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Apr 11, 2015 12:11
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comes along bort posted:The footage they showed looked like regular tape drives. Some of the carts might be old but that's kinda the point- they can store stuff for decades with minimal degradation and not have to worry about format compatibility 20 years in the future. Yeah, at best, migrating to newer tape drives would just consolidate a bunch of tape drives into fewer tape drives. Even then they'd probably still have to hold on to old machines and drives for one awful reason or another, as always happens with migration. The IRS getting their budget slashed so that they may be sacrificed on the altar of dumbass hicks is plenty stupid, I don't know why Oliver had to go after a totally legitimate decision.
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Apr 14, 2015 01:53
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comes along bort posted:I doubt it was malicious, just someone working on the story saw an angle with hey look at this old stuff they still use. Oh, totally, I just figured they would have someone on their staff who actually knows about IT with how often they talk about it on the show. Everyone knows magnetic tape isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Those Google pictures are pretty cool, too.
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Apr 14, 2015 02:19
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John Oliver would accomplish more if they inserted a frame that read "EAT THE RICH" in a massive impact font a couple times an episode. It is nice that he produces easily digestible segments to inform people about important issues but I wouldn't hold my breath about his show ever affecting serious change directly.
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May 4, 2015 19:49
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I don't know how Steve Scully can do his job without a bar under the desk.OhYeah posted:How come there are so many people in this otherwise great country that can't see 2 inches past their own nose? 
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May 11, 2015 15:53
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SlothfulCobra posted:Do they just have a guy employed on their show who only knows how to make mascot costumes? They probably just have an art department that likes to have fun.
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May 11, 2015 21:19
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OhYeah posted:What?! Stop talking to Irish Joe.
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May 11, 2015 21:45
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Xibanya posted:In legal terms it would really difficult to define as a right. After all, I'm biologically capable of murder but I don't consider murder a human right. And if someone has a right to have a child, do they have a right to have two kids? Ten kids? Biologically impossible for me, but a hundred kids? Just because it's a right doesn't mean it can't be subject to regulation, it just means that you have to be very mindful about how it's regulated. I mean, everything in the Bill of Rights is subject to some stipulation (besides the Third Amendment, but obviously that's not going to come up often). Regardless, I think you're taking this past its logical extreme.
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May 12, 2015 17:29
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Xibanya posted:Yeah but this in particular would be difficult to regulate, moreso than the fed gov't won't infringe on free speech or regulations on search and seizure; I'm sure I don't need to explain why. Then just don't regulate it?
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May 12, 2015 17:34
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Shageletic posted:Because this five page conversation has been so useful, enjoyable, and informative. People in this thread, at least the people really trying to argue, aren't interested in evidence based statements or informative bits of data. Its a total winge-fit. People yelling at the cardboard cutout of a dumbass American whom Irish Joe impersonates is one thing, but no one knows what to do when someone actually starts agreeing.
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May 12, 2015 20:16
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Dreylad posted:reddit.com/r/childfree strikes again Don't worry, people are working very hard to drag other wealthy democratic nations down to our level.
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May 12, 2015 23:16
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IRQ posted:I have been assured by a very knowing Rarity of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ... This is America we're talking about, not Ireland. The babies will be deep fried.
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May 13, 2015 00:14
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Gyges posted:Only if you're a dummy without access to a good smoker. Well, that's up to the mother.
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May 13, 2015 00:19
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Please seek help, DoggPickle, or at the very least stop posting like you promised you would with a toxx. Also shame on the guy earlier who said John Oliver needs to curb his mascot fetish, it's one of the best recurring jokes.
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May 15, 2015 06:36
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American here, I don't think the rabid dogs are too bad, just have to wear gloves when I pull them off my front-mounted spike rack. Usually we just use dog plows to get around but sometimes it's best to cull the population.
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May 19, 2015 00:00
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Turning the bad geography gag on the US itself was great. I actually knew the time he did it before but gently caress me if I knew where Nebraska is.
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Jun 1, 2015 09:25
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Afro posted:Or bud light lime isn't completely awful and playing it up for laughs is funny Yeah it's not like it's hot garbage, it's just a dull-as-dishwater beer with some synthetic flavoring. Now Lime-a-ritas, those should have NFPA diamonds on the can.
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Jun 8, 2015 02:19
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OhYeah posted:I have my own criticism of Maher's show, but what is the prevailing "correct opinion" here? Maher's insufferably smug whether he has a decent point, is being an awful scumbag, or is being downright insane. He can gently caress himself. It's like he's a liberal strawman given life by the Koch brothers so the far right have someone to point at and go "these fuckin' guys, right?"
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Astro Nut posted:...That bit on bail was loving terrifying. Do the shows at least double check that the people being hunted have at least something to give audience sympathy for the bounty hunters, or does nobody actually care what the targets did or didn't do? I used to watch Dog a little bit, and it varied episode to episode. Sometimes they try to feign sympathy and leniency, after of course chasing them down, cuffing them, and dragging them into an office. Othertimes, gently caress it, they're scumbag criminals and our heroes need to stop them. Haven't seen much else in the format.
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Jun 8, 2015 18:32
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:Wow, they put up the video already? The more hateful dickwads they can make explode the better, gotta get it out quick.
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Jun 22, 2015 08:57
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meristem posted:Please, oh, please, #GG, try to redpill John Oliver some more... That sounds loving filthy.
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Jun 22, 2015 09:35
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Neeksy posted:The most common theme is "THE STAFF DIDN'T DO THEIR RESEARCH", as if looking more into the shitheap that is the MRA/Gamergate movement is going to result in people being more sympathetic to them. This has consistently been my favorite part of this whole goddamn narrative of the online harassers, from Stormfront to Gamergate: if only they knew. If someone who doesn't fit your profile of a target thinks you're an rear end in a top hat, clearly they have been fooled by the vast global conspiracy to make you look like an rear end in a top hat.
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Jun 22, 2015 09:48
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meristem posted:It's fascinating that they don't turn the harassment against Oliver himself, though. Either white penis powers indeed or his protected status as an Internet darling... Or maybe it's still too early? That's the thing, to justify themselves they have rationalized threatening to kill and rape women as a natural reaction to the injustices that men have suffered at the hands of the diabolical feminist. John Oliver is not the enemy, he's a prisoner of war with Stockholm Syndrome, or at best a useful idiot for the evil social justice warrior. He won't be victimized because the majority of these MRA types actually see him as a sympathetic victim.
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Pick posted:Why would you tint a biodome. Like, to prevent light getting in or so people can't watch the gorillas gently caress or what's up here. Purple is a cooler color for the sky, of course. I love when people bring up cases of men being attack in the same way that women are as if it were some counterpoint. It makes it really plain that the person doesn't give a good god drat about fixing the problem, they just want to win an imaginary points game. That, or they're so deep into this crap they honestly believe the feminist hordes are coming for their balls.
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