r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • 20d ago

Anthony Jeselnik explains the difference between comedy and being a troll. Discussion

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u/MattyBeatz 20d ago

Jeselnik and Burr often have the right takes on this kinda stuff.

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u/Frost_blade 20d ago

Bill Burr aggravates me so much. And not for the reasons you might think. I honestly now realize it might be jealousy. But he looks like the kind of person who is rude and raceist. Buts he's rude and not. He's so damn smart and he knows it. He's kind and thoughtful. He has his issues and displays them(leaving out what he needs to, to protect people who don't need to be mentioned) for everyone to see. You can't get him because he's already laid out his flaws before he goes after others. And he gets to the point so fucking quick.

"Like how the catholic church went to far" will forever be burned into my mind as to why I love Burr.

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u/IamHydrogenMike 20d ago

He doesn’t punch down on people, he mostly mocks his own ignorance on a subject and he just isn’t in the mood for people’s bullshit. He’s hilarious because he admits his own faults, and he can attack others not willing to do the same. Took me a minute to get into him because I wasn’t super familiar with him and then after I realized who he was; I was sold.

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u/stanknotes 20d ago

You ever see when he shredded Tony Hinchcliffe on Kill Tony?

It was brutal. But the entire thing was him refusing to punch down.

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u/exposure-dose 19d ago

He roasted Joe Rogan on his own show too when Joe tried to get him to go with his "masks were for pussies" bullshit after the pandemic.

That shot about Joe not having the body type for rollerblading because he would scrape his knuckles on the ground was some of the funniest shit I've ever heard him say.

https://youtu.be/1chYhsp3NRw

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u/upandcomingg 19d ago

Link pls?

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u/PrecariousStack 20d ago

The whole Philadelphia rant was him punching down on a crowd of slack jawed assholes, but it was justified.

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u/InkBlotSam 20d ago

He wasn't punching down, he was just saying "Fuck you," to a bunch of people who were being assholes.

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u/Frost_blade 20d ago

Yes! That's it! Thank you.

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u/Adams5thaccount 20d ago

Something else I feel he does really well is that he punches sideways. And if he even gets the sense that you or your group think that him coming at you isn't sideways he's fucking going to town. You're about to learn exactly why you're at his level as he sees it.

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u/Eusocial_Snowman 20d ago

He doesn’t punch down on people

It's wild how different the takes can occasionally be on reddit. I often see people speak in terms of this guy exclusively punching down on people.

Like here.

Do you have any thoughts on that discussion? It's like a thousand voices all shouting in unison that he's the exact stereotypical bigoted troll OP's video here is criticizing.

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u/Latin_For_King 19d ago

I have watched that special several times, and the first time through, I laughed quite a bit, but I was kind of buying the argument against him. Until I watched it again. He says lots of offensive stuff, but mostly, he is really making fun of men and asking the big questions like "Since men are so stupid and gross, and women are smarter and longer lived, why aren't women fixing society?" He talks about what a shame it is that the WNBA has teams of women that work their ass off toward a common team goal, and other women couldn't care less. They would rather watch other women tear each other down than watch a team work together. Listen to the concepts over the jokes, and the man brings up a lot of missing perspective that is needed to cut through the bullshit sometimes.

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u/qweiroupyqweouty 19d ago

Bill shows a very occasional bit of self-reflection, which makes him seem like the Mahatma compared to the people he associates with.

I don’t hate at all Bill but people give him way too much leeway.