How exactly is this uplifting? Because Bill Burr said something? This means what? That change will happen, insurance companies will change their ways??? This sub standards are so low.
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He doesn’t say much that wasn’t cut out,
Here is a 1 min video from a month ago that goes into more detail:
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And the only comment on that article a bot decrying the horrible cold blooded murder and that a figure as visible as Burr should invoke the name. We're all cheering the murder you fucks and no amount of pissing on us and telling us its raining will make us stop.
That interview on Jimmy Kimmel has an obvious edit shortly after Bill says "free luigi!". I'm not sure if the producers of the show cut the crowd reaction or something else Bill said, but something was definitely cut out.
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Always fun when Bill Burr makes a talk show host visibly uncomfortable. I'm worried they'll stop having him on altogether. Supporting Luigi might be crossing the line. I dunno how Jimmy Kimmel feels about Luigi Mangione, but I know how the people who sign his paychecks feel.
If they can't get people to hate Luigi, they'll shift to getting people to forget about him.
He’s too good for ratings. People tune in to watch him make the host uncomfortable
Seeing stuff like this in the uplifting news community instead of shit like ‘local kid spends 60 hours a week selling lemonade to pay for sister’s cancer treatments’ is why I appreciate Lemmy vs Reddit.
He was going off about CEOs being the new mafia, just mafia supported by the law this time around. And speculating on whacking between CEOs, like Walmart vs Target and such, pre Luigi. And then Luigi happened and he’s like: well yeah.
Really, it all fit with his pre Luigi narrative.
He’s definitely a bit of an asshole, but at the end of the day, from what I’ve seen from him over the years he does have his head on straight on a LOT of issues.
He's essentially as close to Carlin as we're likely to see.
Shhh, that's what people were saying about Dave Chappelle before, you know, all the stuff he's said recently about trans people
I assure you no one was saying that about Dave Chappelle. That dude has always been a racist jackass. He just happened to be funny for a short while.
Dave is an absolutely world class comedian, but I believe (and I'm pretty sure most of Lemmy would agree) his personal politics are trash.
Bill Burr is also a world class comedian, but I like most of his personal politics.
The problem is that unlike writing, music and movies unless you are on stage doing a "character" your personal politics IS your act and its very hard to separate the art and the artist.
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Is he though? I can’t think of any takes from him that I haven’t liked.
He’s definitely gone into territory that I think some people find “offensive”, but I personally find to just be blunt. Maybe it’s the old school Bostonian vibe, which I understand as a Bostonian, and some people not from the region don’t necessarily.
He's actually a really good example of how to do shock humor without being a bigot. He doesn't really punch down, and if he's doing like race jokes, it's usually through the lens of "look at how stupid this racist mfer is."
For every American who gets offended at someone from Boston there's a Canadian that isn't a thin-skinned little bitch. ;) (okay maybe not a perfect metaphor but after the day I've had I'm not workshopping this one)
So? People get so hung up on their right to remain unoffended. That's not reality - it's hiding. Our collective thin skin is getting shredded. We all need a dose of "wake the fuck up and smell the bullshit" more often.
Seriously I think it’s possibly a psy-op to make the left weaker in North America. Or at least to make leftists seem weak. At any rate it’s working, look at what’s happening to our political landscape as a result.
I mean, that doesn't feel farfetched.
By the way, my friend had a hardcore band called "Crucifux" in Tampa Bay, FL area about 15 years ago. Your handle made me double-take.
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I don't even think he's an asshole, honestly. He just has no filter against stupidity.
That's a good point I think but I'd argue that's kinda a recipe for an asshole. Especially if you think you're always right and everyone else is stupid. Not that I think that's really the case with burr (I mean he can definitely be a bit of an ass sometimes but who isn't) and I don't have much of a problem with him at all but I think you're description kinda only makes a person conditionally not an asshole 😄
Hard agree. I used to think he was just strictly a dick, but his introspection and growth shows he's really honestly been thinking about things with as much empathy as he can muster.
Tbh that’s probably a big part of why I think his head on straight, because I’m kinda the same way in that regard
And the fact he can get away with it is what I love about the guy. He isn’t afraid to confront the hard truths we all are thinking about.
He's like my inner angry voice when I'm pissed off at something but as a person.
Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm a Bill Burr fan, but then he does shit like this and I go all Gaga for him.
Capital-G Gaga? Like you put on a meat dress or something?
Are meat dresses made out of skirt steak?
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Clearly my keyboard thought so.
His comedy is pretty good. Not so much his old stuff but his newer stuff is amazing. Like his comedy or not, he's always had a "fuck you" attitude about this kinda stuff which is why I respect him so much. The only comedian I know that calls shit like it is and calls out other people on their bullshit without giving a shit about what he says. He's like the voice in the back of my head when I'm pissed off at something incarnate.
Yeah, feels like he is walking in Carlin's foot steps but with his own cadence.
I followed him back on O&A and watched his small bits to his Breaking Bad stuff and everything... seen him like 5 times live. I love his body of work ... old to new.
His "fuck you" attitude is one that makes me wish I'd have a friend like Bill calling my ass out. I love it.
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